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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: Hazcat on March 11, 2009, 08:53:49 PM
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As most of ya know I have a Ruger .357 three screw I bought recently. It came with the white microlite (?) grips.
In any case I would like to get wood grips (preferably checkered). I found some on cdnnsports .com that say they fit Blackhawk, Vaquero and Single Six. The only thing is they show an extra 'projection' of wood near where the trigger is (see here http://www.cdnninvestments.com/rublsixwagrn.html ).
Will these fit (bad pictures in the ad) or are old three screws different than new Blackhawk, Vaquero, Single Six styles?
My Three screw has grips that are 'square' at the trigger area.
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p78/hazcater/Guns/357a.jpg)
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Haz, Haz, Haz,
I used to respect you, now I wonder if that catnip filled Sarah Brady doll I was going to get you, will need to be returned. As a proud owner of my Granddaddy's 3 screw Blackhawk (they'll "fix it " when the cylinders are empty), I must express dissapointment. I will not comment on the the grips you have on that pistol other than to provide a quote (probably apochryphal) stated by an opponent of Patton's who wondered "How far he had to chase that (insert politically incorrect term regarding sexual preference) to get those sissy ivory grips for his pistols". The Ruger 3 screw, work of art that is has ONE set of grips, that is the original wood ones Bill Ruger put there. If you want sissy checkering, buy a sissy pistol, only half ;D.
fightingquaker13
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Haz, All of the XR3-Red grips will fit the Ruger Blackhawk,Single Six and New Model versions of those guns up to the "new" XR3 style(internal lock)
As far as the Ivory Grips being "sissy" grips. Elmer Keith,Skeeter Skelton, Bill Jorden and many others liked Ivory for their Grips.
I myself prefer Stag
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d19/Majer357/DSC01586.jpg)
and Ivory(Fake) can't afford the real thing
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d19/Majer357/DSC01551.jpg)
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Haz, I don't remember what year your Blackhawk shipped, But if it was pre 1971(give or take) it would have the Black Eagle Grips like the grips on the bottom gun
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d19/Majer357/DSC01587.jpg)
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Patton was talking about pearl grips. ;D
Haz, I kinda like the way it looks now.....of course it ain't my gun. ;)
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Haz,
Just got home from a long afternoon and decided I could check this out for you. I went in to the gun room and unracked "Single" (three screw single six with silver eagle in wood) and one of the twins (sorry, but I couldn't tell if it was whoop or ass). Size, shape and screw placement are identical between them, except the old three screw requires a small relief notch in the front lower part of the grip that the new vaquero doesn't have. It is something that could be easily done with a file if it weren't in the new grips.
Good Luck!
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Patton was talking about pearl grips. ;D
Haz, I kinda like the way it looks now.....of course it ain't my gun. ;)
Peg, Haz
The "quote" and I will not vouch for authenticity, came from a guy named Omar Bradley. I'm glad you put the disclaimer about how 'it ain't your gun'. Seriously, I always have had a preference for the Black Eagle grips on Ruger SAs.They just look classy, no frills, no BS. The thing about Ruger is that they have never built a "pretty" gun. Not to get back to the whole Ayn Rand thing, but Ruger always has had, in almost every model, a form follows function aesthetic. Build the strongest, most reliable gun of its type, and sooner rather than later, it will start to look pretty. Don't base your design on what has gone before, but on what yours can DO, and if you live up to it, the praise will follow (Are you listening Detroit?). Putting staghorn on a Blackhawk is like pouring syrup on a steak. I used to play in a scottish/irish traditional band. The debate in the group wasn't about how many notes we could add, it was about how many we could take away and still leave the thing's essence intact. (The fact that we had about 8 chords between us having no impact on this discussion at all ;)) I don't get poetical anymore, not being a wild eyed 20 year old Libertarian bagpiper...but the Ruger 3 screw is as close to form dictated perfection as any single action revolver I'v ever seen, Colts included. Don't mess with it! You're not going to make it better, you're just going to embarrass yourself. Somethings should speak for themselves.
fightingquaker13
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GUYS!
First it came "as is" when I bought it so don't get on me about it. (And I think it looks good with them :P ).
Maj, it shipped in 1968.
Second I want to go to wood so it is easier to conceal (no flashy grips) and Third I want checkering to improve grip with possibly sweaty hands.
Houge has a BEAUTIFUL set made from ebony (black wood for y'all ;) ) but they are $75.00 and I can't afford that right now SO I saw these Walnut ones for $9.95 and thought they would do the job nicely and look pretty good.
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Haz
Post photos when you're done. This thread has been too entertaining (at least for me ;D) not to see the finished product.
fightingquaker13
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Haz, Midway's master catalog#31 has all kinds of wood grips.
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Peg, Haz
The "quote" and I will not vouch for authenticity, came from a guy named Omar Bradley. I'm glad you put the disclaimer about how 'it ain't your gun'. Seriously, I always have had a preference for the Black Eagle grips on Ruger SAs.They just look classy, no frills, no BS. The thing about Ruger is that they have never built a "pretty" gun. Not to get back to the whole Ayn Rand thing, but Ruger always has had, in almost every model, a form follows function aesthetic. Build the strongest, most reliable gun of its type, and sooner rather than later, it will start to look pretty. Don't base your design on what has gone before, but on what yours can DO, and if you live up to it, the praise will follow (Are you listening Detroit?). Putting staghorn on a Blackhawk is like pouring syrup on a steak. I used to play in a scottish/irish traditional band. The debate in the group wasn't about how many notes we could add, it was about how many we could take away and still leave the thing's essence intact. (The fact that we had about 8 chords between us having no impact on this discussion at all ;)) I don't get poetical anymore, not being a wild eyed 20 year old Libertarian bagpiper...but the Ruger 3 screw is as close to form dictated perfection as any single action revolver I'v ever seen, Colts included. Don't mess with it! You're not going to make it better, you're just going to embarrass yourself. Somethings should speak for themselves.
fightingquaker13
Neighbors must have LOVED you. ;D
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Neighbors must have LOVED you. ;D
Particularly when my roommate (also a piper) and I would practice in the two stairwels of our dorms so that all eight floors could enjoy God's own music. Oddly enough, looking back, I do have at least one good thing to say about DC's gun control laws. ;D
fightingquaker13
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Particularly when my roommate (also a piper) and I would practice in the two stairwels of our dorms so that all eight floors could enjoy God's own music. Oddly enough, looking back, I do have at least one good thing to say about DC's gun control laws. ;D
fightingquaker13
They kept you alive ? ;D I love to hear bagpipes, but 2 amateurs practicing ? I'm surprised no one hired a gang banger to quite you down. ;D
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They kept you alive ? ;D I love to hear bagpipes, but 2 amateurs practicing ? I'm surprised no one hired a gang banger to quite you down. ;D
Bangers wont mess with "guys in kilts" :o
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Particularly when my roommate (also a piper) and I would practice in the two stairwels of our dorms so that all eight floors could enjoy God's own music. Oddly enough, looking back, I do have at least one good thing to say about DC's gun control laws. ;D
fightingquaker13
I worked with a guy who piped for a band in CT. Once during lunch, I was taking a nappy in the warehouse when this god awful moaning and skreeching started and woke me from my restfull beauty sleep. I rush to my friend Kenny and informed him that I had another place to insert his "Great Drone"! He promply left the vicinity of my sleepy rug and left, to pipe in the great out-of- doors henceforth and forever more!!!
:D
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Q: What do you call "perfect pitch"?
A: Throwing an accordion into a dumpster and it landing on a bagpipe.
Don't get your kilts in a knot....I'M JUST KIDDING.....I actually love to hear a good piper.........just thought I'd bend you a little. ;D
fightingquaker, we must be thinking of two separate quotes indeed (went back and re-read your post).
I was remembering the quote from the movie 'Patton'. Someone remarked about his 'pearl grips' and he replied that "Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol". I don't know if he ever said it in real-life or if it was just Hollywood.
For some good Patton Quotes:
http://www.generalpatton.com/quotes.html
http://www.military-quotes.com/Patton.htm
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Well, here is the upshot.
A buddy of mine wants to trade guns with me. I have a stainless Single Six with a 5.5 barrel he wants. He wants to trade a THREE SCREW Single Six (blued) 5.5 for it!!
Works for me!
So I swapped the wood grips on the stainless for the plastic (Ivory) grips on the .357 and VOILÀ!
I be a happy camper and he is too. Ain't the world grand! ;D
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Well, here is the upshot.
A buddy of mine what to trade guns with me. I have a stainless Single Six with a 5.5 barrel he wants. He wants to trade a THREE SCREW Single Six (blued) 5.5 for it!!
Works for me!
So I swapped the wood grips on the stainless for the plastic (Ivory) grips on the .357 and VOILÀ!
I be a happy camper and he is too. Ain't the world grand! ;D
Awwww! That's so sweet. I'd play a piobrach in your honor if I still remembered how. ;) I love it when a plan comes togther.
fightingquaker13
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For $9.95, who can argue? My absolute favorite Blackhawk grips are the cheesy plastic fake stage grips I've got on my 1956-vintage .357 Flat Top. A few years back when I had more money than sense, I had Dave Clements rebuild the gun from the ground up with a eye on supreme accuracy, then had Doug Turnbull redo the finish. It is one of the best (and most beautiful) Blackhawks I've ever handled, and perversely, I shoot the heck out of it. Several people have mentioned that it's practically a crime to have those crappy grips on such a beautiful gun...my reply is that I picked up the Flat-Top at a local gun store...it was a worn old cowboy gun from Wyoming and those were the grips its original owner chose...who am I to question?
I'm going to use that Blackhawk in the Ruger/GUNSITE single action self-defense class we're filming to SG 2010!
Michael B
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Always wanted a set of Roy Fishpaw grips.
Here are a few different styles by different folks...
http://www.sixguns.com/galleries/grips.html
The top picture is a set of Fishpaw grips on a Ruger. The second is, believe it or not, vintage factory Ruger grips from around the 50's. They are from the link above.
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Almost forgot......Congrats on the good trade, Haz. ;)
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Always wanted a set of Roy Fishpaw grips.
Here are a few different styles by different folks...
http://www.sixguns.com/galleries/grips.html
The top picture is a set of Fishpaw grips on a Ruger. The second is, believe it or not, vintage factory Ruger grips from around the 50's. They are from the link above.
Pegleg
You suck!!! Those burled blackeagle factory grips have me drooling! I will now renounce every bit of crap I gave Haz (though it was fun) and proclaim myself a hypocrite. I still wouldn't change the grips on Granddad's pistol, but if weren't his.......Did I mention that you suck? ;D
fightingquaker13
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Pegleg
You suck!!! Those burled blackeagle factory grips have me drooling! I will now renounce every bit of crap I gave Haz (though it was fun) and proclaim myself a hypocrite. I still wouldn't change the grips on Granddad's pistol, but if weren't his.......Did I mention that you suck? ;D
fightingquaker13
Well....I try......... ;D
And, you are not the first person to ever tell me that either. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Haz, for a 1968 vintage Blackhawk if should probably have the "Neck feather? grips likr the ones on this 1968 Blackhawk,They're hard to see but the pre1967 and 1969 and later gund had smooth necks on the eagle
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d19/Majer357/RSS5XBKH36001-1.jpg)
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Maj,
Yeah, the grips on the .357 are now new types with the silver eagle. The grips on the 'new' old three screw 22 are black eagles.
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You got the better end of that Deal Haz, That's for sure. Now I'm just waiting for the "GUN PORN" of you new Old Model ;D ;D
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Here ya are Maj...
.22 with 5.5 barrel on top. .357 with grips from traded stainless Single six on bottom. I was told the .22 shipped in '69. (what was that phone number Maj?)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p78/hazcater/Guns/100_1134.jpg)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p78/hazcater/Guns/100_1133.jpg)
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March 18, 2004???
That the last time you got a pedicure? :-\
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Very nice guns....I'm jealous.
I don't think even Roy Fishpaw could help with the 'HazToe', though. ;D
And, you just put fresh batteries in the camera again, didn't you? ;)
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Very nice guns....I'm jealous.
I don't think even Roy Fishpaw could help with the 'HazToe', though. ;D
And, you just put fresh batteries in the camera again, didn't you? ;)
Had too. Haven't used it in months.
As far as the 'claws', wellllll......it's a tradition. ;) ;D
Timothy,
Real men don't get pedicures! (or even know what that word means! ;) )
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Haz, Ruger Records 1-(603)-863-3300 Ask for the nice ladies in Records and they will send you a Ruger Letter with the shipping information
Nice looking 3 Screws, You're on your way to a fine colection.
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Thanks, Maj.
For both the info (again) and the compliment. I do love SAs, especially Rugers as they are 'tanks' and I like to shoot not just look at. Maybe someday my collection will look like yours.
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The "claw" is the Hazcat mark of authenticity ;D