Bill Grover's sixguns were some of the nicest ever built. And as others have said, he never really ever received recognition for it while he was alive. I got to know Bill a little through The Shootists and we communicated and shared quite a lot. He sent me one of his West Texas Flattop Target Models in .45 Colt. I shot it a lot, hunted with it and wrote it up for several publications. When I got that done I asked him how he wanted me to ship it back to him and he wrote: "If you are still here after the Lord returns we can talk about it then." and told me to keep it.

This is the gun. I sold it to Boge Quinn when we were making preparations to move to Africa. The photos here are Gunblast's/Boge's.

Note the screws for the hammer, trigger and cylinder bolt.

They are "blind" screws in that they do not come through the frame. Bill did a lot of little things like that to the guns he built.

The TLA Logo

I believe this was the last West Texas Flattop Target Model he built.

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Ele era velho.
Ele era corajoso.
Ele era feio.