Question about Ruger Grips

[Busterswoodshop]

I was hoping someone could tell me what these grips are.
I know they are for a Ruger single action , but that is about it.

The white ones are actually a nice set of grips.
They look at little yellow in the picture , but they are white.
The back is marked ( I believe ) .

Ruger
Convertible Frame
RX3 RED Frame ( I always thought it was XR3 Red ).
357 Magnum
and a number 61

The black ones have the Eagle with SR on it.
One has been repaired ( not real good ).
Putting them back to back with the white ones , they match up perfectly.

Any way , what do they fit and are they any good ?
Thank You

 

[G2]

The white ones are vintage Ajax, The quality was nice back then, Ajax is still around but IMO not what they used to be. Nice vintage grips. The black liner was to help strengthen the soft white. They made a lot of the same grips in Pearl. Popular in the 70’s.

The Black ones are the new plastic grips that Ruger uses, cheap. Those appear to have a little curve to the back strap are for the standard Blackhawk/ Single Six what is most common known as XR3-RED.
The repair looks like the common over tightened the screw… oooops.

 

[wproct]

Yes, those Ajax grips were really nice ones back in "the day".

 

[Hondo44]

I was hoping someone could tell me what these grips are.
I know they are for a Ruger single action , but that is about it.

The white ones are actually a nice set of grips.
They look at little yellow in the picture , but they are white.
The back is marked ( I believe ) .

Ruger
Convertible Frame
RX3 RED Frame ( I always thought it was XR3 Red ).
357 Magnum
and a number 61

The black ones have the Eagle with SR on it.
One has been repaired ( not real good ).
Putting them back to back with the white ones , they match up perfectly.

Any way , what do they fit and are they any good ?
Thank You

You are right, the XR3-RED is correct. The RX3-RED is an Ajax part # not a Ruger #.

Those grips fit Single Six and Blackhawk single actions from 1973 to the present. They also fit all the Old Army blackpowder models, original Vaqueros (pre 2005), and Super Blackhawks with 5 1/2" barrel or shorter.

They will not fit pre 1973 guns, New Vaqueros, or the new Flat Top Blackhawks.

 

[Busterswoodshop]

OK , one more question.
I do not need them. What should I do with them ?

 

[hittman]

Offer as a karma?

 

[rugerguy]

I think the wood backed white one are actually Jay Scott, used to be part of the Colt Industries group.............

 

[BamaGreg]

Yes they are Jay Scott

 

[moparclan]

Yup the white ones are Jay Scott. Have some Ajax and they didn't have the backing like the Jay Scott

 

[anton853]

I was hoping someone could tell me what these grips are.
I know they are for a Ruger single action , but that is about it.

The white ones are actually a nice set of grips.
They look at little yellow in the picture , but they are white.
The back is marked ( I believe ) .

Ruger
Convertible Frame
RX3 RED Frame ( I always thought it was XR3 Red ).
357 Magnum
and a number 61

The black ones have the Eagle with SR on it.
One has been repaired ( not real good ).
Putting them back to back with the white ones , they match up perfectly.

Any way , what do they fit and are they any good ?
Thank You

Hello all. Those my friends are Jay Scott Grips. I have the same grips. He numbers these 61, for the XR3 Red frames. Very hard to find. I'm looking for the same grips for my other single six but in black MOP. No luck yet...Pic below

 

[anton853]

Oh, I installed the Ruger Old Black Medallions. The black are by far my favorite Ruger logo. Here is a little trivia: The black medallions (without the S / R) were to honor Alex Sturm who passed away shortly after Bill Ruger released the famed Mark IV. The first logo was plain red (screaming hawk) but Bill changed it to black to honor his partner and friend who by the way put up $50,000 to get Ruger off the ground.

 

[contender]

Slight correction to your history anton853.

Bill Ruger started the Sturm, Ruger & Co with the Standard Auto,, not the MK IV.

Oh, and it was Alex Sturm who designed the Ruger Phoenix,, what we call the "eagle!" It went from Red to Black in early 1952.

 

[anton853]

Thank you Contender for the slight correction. I have the book "Ruger the man and his guns". I believe that Mr Sturm died in 1952 and that is why Ruger changed the red to the black eagle, to honor Alex. And sorry I did not state that the MK 4 was the first gun, I said it was after the release of that gun that Sturm died.

 

[Fox Mike]

Thank you Contender for the slight correction. I have the book "Ruger the man and his guns". I believe that Mr Sturm died in 1952 and that is why Ruger changed the red to the black eagle, to honor Alex. And sorry I did not state that the MK 4 was the first gun, I said it was after the release of that gun that Sturm died.

The MK IV is a relatively late release. The 'black eagles" came about in the early days of Ruger and on the "Standard"

 

[hittman]

MK IV introduced by Ruger in 2016 ….. 60-plus years after Mr. Sturm passed.

 

[rugerguy]

yes that is correct ,hard to keep track of any of that with out the books, as some like to say and I totally agree, heck I was there back then and cannot remember it all, 78 years later,,,so the numbers, and models are hard to type out at any given, short notice or time,,so all in all a good reminder to those "newbies" or the casual Ruger users....