What grips for Ruger 357 three screw?

[Hazcat]

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.

[fightingquaker13]

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 .
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[Majer]

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

and Ivory(Fake) can't afford the real thing

[Majer]

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

[PegLeg45]

Patton was talking about pearl grips.   


Haz, I kinda like the way it looks now.....of course it ain't my gun.   

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[MikeBjerum]

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!

[fightingquaker13]

Patton was talking about pearl grips.   


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.
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[Hazcat]

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  ).

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.

[fightingquaker13]

Haz
Post photos when you're done. This thread has been too entertaining (at least for me ) not to see the finished product.
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[shooter32]

Haz, Midway's master catalog#31 has all kinds of wood grips.