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Offline Old Griz

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Fragile grips?
« on: November 15, 2003, 06:33:13 PM »
My new Vaquero has the simulated ivory grips. When I bought the gun on Saturday they were fine.  I picked up the gun on Tuesday, and they were a little loose. When I got home I tried to tighten them, but the screw just turned and turned. It had been stripped out and the inside of the grip was chipped/flaked in two spots, above and below the screw hole. Some one at the shop probably noticed a little wobble and tried to tighten them, however, he took it a little too far.

I was VERY careful not to over tighten the new grips that came from Ruger. Are these ivory grips super fragile? How about the Micarta grips?
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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2003, 09:55:41 PM »
Yes, the ivory polymer grips can be somewhat fragile.  I have a pair on my Bisley.  If and when they break or bust, I'll fit a pair of micartas to the revolver.  Just wish I had some of the real stuff.

On the other hand, I have found the micarta grip panels on my FAs to be extremely tough.
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2003, 08:06:15 AM »
dropped my micarta gripped vaquero on concrete and it landed directly on the micarta butt.  can hardly tell anything happened.
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2003, 01:29:42 PM »
Try a pair of the grips made from Corian. They look nice, and are tough as nails.
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2003, 06:09:14 PM »
Who sells the Corian grips? What makes them stronger? :cb2:
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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2003, 10:29:13 AM »
The Corian grips are from Bar S Grips. They come in all kinds of differant colors and patterns. The website is www.truivory.com
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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2003, 07:59:57 PM »
Hey thanks for that web site. Those are some beautiful grips. I have always liked malachite and couldn't believe they had a synthetic malachite that looked so good. I've got another Bisley that I think needs a set of those. If the Ruger ivory grips break again, I think their Tru-Ivory will go on to replace them. Those Slightly Aged look pretty good . . .
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2003, 11:50:09 PM »
I just had a heck of a time finding grips for my Bisley that FIT! I sent back three pairs because of big gaps between grip and metal. I finally took it to a gun show a couple weeks ago, and settled for a set of Altamont ivory bonded. I tried several of them on the gun, and even grips from the same manufacturer varied a lot. These fit nice, and my wife is going to send them off after hunting season is over to have some laser scrimshaw done on them. I wasn't to happy with the white on blued look at first, but they're growing on me, and besides, I like the scrimshaw idea. Good luck.
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