It is interesting that when Ruger only offered aluminum grip frames, just about all of us complained about the "pot metal" grip frames and that all would be "right with the world" if Ruger would just start making their revolvers with steel frames.
Now that we have steel Ruger frames, some of us are complaining about the weight. :roll:
I have a 5½" .44 Lipsey Special and a SS Bisley .45 Colt/.45 ACP convertible. They are both steel (as most of you know). When I am shooting them, I MUCH prefer the steel. When carrying, not so much.
However, I am willing to pay the price in weight and if faced with a choice I'll go steel.
The nice thing, today, is if our pocket books will allow, we can have our personal preference and THAT IS GOOD!
I guess that the ideal situation is we could have one steel one for range use and an aluminum gripped frame for carrying (talk about "excess" :mrgreen
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FWIW
Dale53