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    Posted: 01 Oct 2016 at 12:06pm
As in the last set of grips I posted for sale I referred to them as Jurras - Teeter style grips and I have been asked a few times by some of the newer members who Teeter  is .  Will through a friend I found out that Clint Teeter is still around and I had to talk to this guy to see if he was the reel Teeter well he is and he is alive and well and is 79 year's young and  I must say a super nice guy he said he had not thought about Auto Mags in a long time until we contacted him I talked to him for a while and learned a lot he said he made his first set of grips for Lamont and made his grips between 1975 and 1980 but got out of it and has not made any in over 35 years but in the span he made them he made over 800 sets which I had no ideal he had that many sets of grips out there any way it was fun talking to him and like said hes a really really nice guy.
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And if my rusting and aging memory is still functioning at all, I seem to recall someone circulating the rumor that Mr Teeter was also Kent Lomont's cousin or relative of some nature.

Anyone care to provide additional details???

As for the grips he made, some were quite impressive to look at, and I have head the more basic versions referred to as "the ugly plywood grips" by a Browning Shotgun guy who was into really fancy and exotic wood.

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I've been looking through some old Gun Digests lately. Thirty years ago you'd pay a hefty premium for a laminated stock on a rifle. And a premium over that for a "fiberglass" stock.

Now plywood and plastic are standard equipment, and you pay a premium for "coachwood," and a premium over that for walnut.
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And if you have to ask the price for wood better than walnut,  well you probably wont pay the price,,,

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He did not say if they were related to each other but he did say they were both engineers but of different fields but I don't remember what they were and he also mentioned about making some grips out of the plywood trying to find a wood that would hold up to the Auto Mag he also said when he first started making the grips he was getting $35.00 a set I told him they were bring a lot more then that now for sure.
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And if you have to ask the price for wood better than walnut,  well you probably wont pay the price,,,

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Originally posted by wbautomag wbautomag wrote:

He did not say if they were related to each other but he did say they were both engineers but of different fields but I don't remember what they were and he also mentioned about making some grips out of the plywood trying to find a wood that would hold up to the Auto Mag he also said when he first started making the grips he was getting $35.00 a set I told him they were bring a lot more then that now for sure.


I think Kent once told me he was a chemical engineer and had worked for one of the big outfits like Dupont maybe.

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Oh yes I have no doubt Larry, and truth be told so would I, well so long as it struck my eye just right. 

Matter of fact I keep shopping for a Browning A-Bolt Gold Medallion in .22 and the only reason I haven't spent that insane amount of money for a .22 is I just have not yet found the right combination of wood and caliber and configuration (no factory sights, factory scoped only and either .22  LR or 22Mag)  when you find one with the extra fancy stock they look sooooo good.

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You know that $35.00 for a set of grips in 1975 was not pocket change and got me to thinking I have had some in the past tell me my grips seem a little high but if you add in the rise in cost of every thing I should be charging $350.00 when my grips are hand made even Teeter did not make all his by hand and think about I remember I didn't by my first new car until 1979 it was a ford thunder bird and was setting on the show room floor white with red in side it was sharp had all the bells and whistles and I paid $6,800.00 for it man they wont even let you look at one for that now. How times have changed.
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William, your prices have always been more than fair in my opinion and well match the quality of the workmanship that went into them.

I am personally thrilled to have several sets of your grips. 

As for prices of anything today, well some things are so much more expensive its hard to even grasp. I was looking at new Dodge MegaCab trucks and seeing sticker prices of well over $50k,,,


And yet my first Auto Mag ( 6 1/2" VR Jurras) cost me $1800.00 back in the 1980's.  I have seen similar selling for the exact same price today! 

Yes some Auto Mags are selling for more, and many other things are as well, but look at the cost of computers and TV's and so many other products. 

I see almost no pattern or consistency.   Kinda mirrors the world at large, no pattern or consistency,,,

Never under value your work, you are a true craftsman and I admire your skill.  Your grip-making skills are far better than anything I could ever do.

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