Flattop with Factory Stags

[Doc4429]

One of my best sets.

Bill

 

[contender]

Beautiful!
An excellent picture. Magazine quality.

While I'm not a big Stag fan for shooting, and the bark has to look a certain way to get my attention, I do appreciate seeing them all the time.

 

[TucsonDirt]

That's a beautiful gun, and I agree with Contender, an excellent photo too!

 

[street]

No one takes better pictures of his guns then you Doc. Nice set of Stags to go with that great Flattop

 

[jussbad]

Very nice indeed.

 

[BRASS FRAME]

That is a great looking set of factory stags. I often wondered who did the layout cutting of the stag grips on a raw piece of horn?
I understand how nice walnut is chosen and cut, but I have never seen the work done to form a set of stags? These nice stags like these really set off a Ruger Flat Top. Looking forward to seeing your set at the ROCS show in July. brasss frame/Lee

 

[jefats]

One of my best sets.

Bill

Bill,
I've always been a bit fuzzy on this regarding factory stages/ivories.....has Ruger letterered any Blackhawks as shipped with such?

Also, my understanding is...stags and ivories were offered as separate items, made by several different manufacturers. This alone could explain why small variations are found.

BTW, nice gun!
Jim

 

[Doc4429]

Jim...I don't know if anyone has lettered a 44 as being shipped with ivory or stag grips. None of mine have. All of the stag and ivory grips I have acquired were not associated with any particular revolver. Comparing the several pairs of each type I have, I see a few minor differences that could be due to manufacturing variations or different manufacturers.

Bill

 

[jefats]

Jim...I don't know if anyone has lettered a 44 as being shipped with ivory or stag grips. None of mine have. All of the stag and ivory grips I have acquired were not associated with any particular revolver. Comparing the several pairs of each type I have, I see a few minor differences that could be due to manufacturing variations or different manufacturers.

Bill

Thanks Bill. Have you ever heard/seen Ruger authenticate any stag or ivory grips shipped on any single action or separately?
Jim

 

[Doc4429]

Jim...I have not heard of a revolver lettering with stags. I seem to remember a revolver (Single Six?) or two that may have lettered with ivories discussed on the forum, but I don't remember any specifics.

Bill

 

[jussbad]

Bill
Let's see the other side. Great looking gun and grips. Thanks for sharing.

Gary

 

[Hondo44]

That is a great looking set of factory stags. I often wondered who did the layout cutting of the stag grips on a raw piece of horn?
I understand how nice walnut is chosen and cut, but I have never seen the work done to form a set of stags? These nice stags like these really set off a Ruger Flat Top. Looking forward to seeing your set at the ROCS show in July. brasss frame/Lee

That's a beautiful gun and stag grips Bill!

Genuine Sambar Stag is known for its bone density and very small marrow. But when cut from antler 'rounds', grips must be able to be cut from a large enough surface round so one doesn't cut into the pithy marrow.

Stag is so rare these days that most stag grips are cut from rounds that are too small, and all Elk antler grips(they're not stag) because Elk antler rounds very seldom grow large enough. The result is the ugly black salt & pepper pithy area around the edges and on the back we see so often these days. And when starting with a grip blank cut from too small of a round piece of antler, a lot of the 'bark' shown above on Bill's gets removed and sacrificed in the finishing process to get the grip blanks flat enough for decent gun grips. Or the grips are left so fat, they're too big to hold.

Ruger stags were all made in the good ole days of the '50s and '60s when good stag was available and at reasonable prices.

These cost $12 a pair in the mid 1960s (yeah, I'm really dating myself but even back then I couldn't afford as many pairs as I wanted):

Pointers or Ajax:

Tyler Tru Fit:

 

[Doc4429]

Great looking stags Jim! A photo of the right grip panel as requested.

Bill

 

[El Numero Uno]

They weren't made looking any better than that! I think I may only have one set that might be equal.

 

[jussbad]

Doc

What a great looking pair of grips. Thanks for the photo. Very nice matched set.


Jim - Nice stags all around. They all look great.

 

[Hondo44]

Great looking stags Jim! A photo of the right grip panel as requested.

Bill

Bill,

Thank you. Your set is as good as they get!