Having just bought most of a tatty Typhoon and trying to decide what to do with it - repair - customise - or break for spares I went to my boxed, mint one to check on certain features.

It was at this point that I realised (I had not looked at it for some time) that my Typhoon had black grips.

I have just read the Typhoon chapter in the Bruce bible which states that the grips were brown to make them different from the Hurricane, he does not mention anything about black grips.

So, does anyone know when/why/where black grips for the Typhoon came from? Before anyone asks, yes they are genuine Webley grips, I think that the longest the gun has been out of its box was when I fitted the 'scope and it certainly has not been messed with.