Ruger OEM Stag Grips - Value

Remembering a real enlightening comment think Flategate made about an RCA Single Six Bisley at auction, about the value of a standard Bisley plus the value of the Ruger stag grips, making things a pretty darn good deal in retrospect.

That being said, what is the approximate value of OEM Ruger real stag grips in the various configurations they came in.

Based on limited knowledge and what I've see, figure they came in at least the Bisley and XR3 configurations.

Looking for your insight on this

Thanks in advance!

FACTORY single action stags came in only/for the XR3 form/grip frame. The RCA variation were not factory, but were after market supplied by the RCA.

Yup, Splitz has put the facts on the table.

Value? Around $500 these days....


flatgate

yep, $500 is a minimum price, sometimes as high as $600.. after all, they made 'em only from 1954-61, about 6000 pairs only..

we never paid more than $275 and that was ONLY to Mr. JD., at one of the RCA /NRA shows some years back(Salt Lake City, Utah) we prefer to get them on a gun (sorry Flatgate,but last one was a 1956 flatgate, and it came with the stags and it cost us $250 for BOTH.....)
as for their current value $$$ wow, would be tough to pay that with so MANY 'fakes' out there, and its doesn't matter who is selling them, even the 'best' have been fooled...........

bottom line is if they are TOO perfect, a little warning bell should go off in your head......... :wink:

and YES, those 'Bisley ' style stags were supplied to the RCA by an outside vendor,possibly Eagle? if that was the company in new York we were told.

Guys - much appreciated

Great place to get educated on this stuff by a bunch of great people.

Thanks!

Rugerguy, next set you get for $250 on the gun, I will give you your money back anytime you want it. I will even throw in double shipping if it will help. HAHA

Jody

Where's that photo of Jussbad's cigar box full of XR3 stags? 8)

Jody, sounds fair to me, last two pairs went to Don W and Karl M, and were right at the $275 mark................... 8)

I picked these up in the 1990's and haven't seen any since

HAWKEYE#28 said:

Where's that photo of Jussbad's cigar box full of XR3 stags? 8)

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8) I just knew GW would come thru........Way to Go!! :wink:

Arrrgggghhhh! That's incredible! :shock:

flatgate

That's just sick............... :lol:

Now, if we could get Ralph K.'s box of stags pictured, we'd see about half of them ever made.............. 8) :wink:

Jussbad, That ought to be a sin keeping all those to yourself.

Ed

You sure can't get stag like that anymore except on Randall knives.
Were Ruger's stag grips in anyway marked to the gun? Would there be an indication on my box?
I ask because I have an RSS4 # 173561, .22 4 5/8" barrel from probably early 1961 with a set of Ruger stags. I don't think walnut was available until around # 1884XX so stags might have been a person's only option to black hard rubber at that time.

Thx,

Hondo,

Ruger began selling walnuts as accessories in late '55/early '56 IIRC. They didn't appear as "standard equipment" until the introduction of the .44 Flattops in late Summer/early Fall of '56.

The Staq and Ivory grips were NEVER cataloged as "coming installed" on the guns. Sure, some special orders were shipped with "fitted" stags and, more likely, ivory, but in general the fancy grips were intended to be sold as "owner installed accessories".

Inspection of early catalogs and price sheets provides this info.

Again, there ARE exceptions and many that are legit will have Factory provenance.

JMHO,

flatgate



I cherish this pair of grips!