Best-looking stainless/nickle + wood grip pistols

Yeah another "best of" thread. However, to me, nothing beats the look of fine wood grips on a matte nickle or brushed stainless frame. I'm admit that part of my reason for starting this is because I'm not aware of all the wonderful hardware out there and am hoping that this'll educate me some. Hoping to get - or build - something for my wife.

I'll start. Some of the nicest ones are modified factory units, and that's fine. The prettier the better, simi-auto, wheel gun, doesn't matter. Be sure to identify it... nothing worse than seeing an absolutely awesome handgun and not knowing what it is.

Ken Lunde HK P7M8, hard-chrome with Nills grips.


It's even more impressive to see what the starting point was...

Ed Brown Kobra

oops, wrong subject.

None of these are my pistols or photos, just pictures of pistols I like. Are we to use only photos we take? I have no idea if that's Ken Lunde's or an owner's picture.

My vote goes to the Sig P232 with nill grips.

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Hah, that was the next one that I found after the Lunde pistol. Really like the looks of it! I admit I'm trying to find one that my wife might fall in love with, so it would have to be a .357, .38, or 9 mm. She's not big on guns but "pretty" is a start.

Sorry - stop right there. Your HK is gorgeous and oddly compelling... damn, I din't want to buy another gun so soon!

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It was to me, too, until I saw the astronomical pricing on Ken Lunde pistols. Then I realized that I could just build my own based upon a used stock unit. Since then - as pretty as it is - I'm not impressed with the P7M8 enough to start with it since it has a high-effort squeeze-cocker. Regardless, this thread is about looks, so...

I give 10 extra points to anyone who makes their own stuff, regardless what it is. I bet the grips look great after they were oiled.