street said:
charlies said:
My ivories on my 10 inch flat top are allegedly factory. Ruger would not or cannot confirm what grips were on the gun when shipped according to my factory letter.
From all information that I have read is that Ruger shipped no Old Model Rugers with Stag or Ivory from the factory. That being said I'm sure if you were an important gun writer of a friend of Bill Ruger or a company executive you could get anything installed on your Ruger that you wanted. But the average gun shipped to a distributer for retail sales would not be shipped with Stag or Ivory grips installed from the factory.
Right. Ruger was very strict in saying his guns would not come with any special features other than what was described in their catalog. For the company that just made things a whole lot easier in the sales and distribution process.
But...as Street mentions, if you knew somebody you could have just about anything done...i.e. 7-1/2" barrel on a two-digit Single-Six #16 for Herb Glass, various engraved guns, various inscribed guns, two known 4-5/8" barrels on .44 flattops, etc.
Right up to the #1 even, there are cases of special work done like ebony forend tips etc.
....and Ruger says they never had a custom shop.... :roll: Well, not officially.
Chet15