A blued Lipsey's Bisley Flat-top in .44 Special just came to hand. While the Ruger factory grips are adequate, I find them just a bit slippery. Who do you turn to for a well-fitted pair of checkered or textured grips that won't break the bank -- and will stand up to the "chances of the field" as George Markland put it?

I prefer Pacmeyer Rubber or Hogue grips price is right easy to grip. Tough well not break the bank and if do happen to hurt them priced right to replace.

Every day carry and working handguns tend to get beat up.

p dog, I have used the Pachmayrs with satisfaction. Just looking for a more elegant solution this time. Wondering if the faux ivories are durable.

Bill
You looking for something like these.
http://singleactions.proboards.com/thread/21407/grips
Also some grips & Makers advertise on rugerforum.com

Some nice grips there all right. I am finding the factories not only a bit slippery but a tiny bit big for my medium size hands. Will go peek at the Ruger forum.

That's why I make my own. Not that hard. And they fit my hand.

Try here.
http://www.reedercustomguns.com/

http://www.reedercustomguns.co...rs/grips/Default.htm

http://www.reedercustomguns.co...vers/grips/grips.htm


Gary has a gunfighter grip that might work for you.
Don't know if he offers checkering

https://www.lonestarcustomgrips.com

www.sackpeterson.com/
Both really good grip makers

Lots to choose from!
For price, I might just throw on a set of checkered wood grips from Altamont and see if I like this sixgun.

Bill
Altamont has some Thin Gunfighter grips that are pretty comfortable for me. Don't know about their Bisley's.

I would contact Jack Huntington of JRH Advanced Gunsmithing. His grip mods and custom grips have few equals in my experience. They are actually made for your hand and they will not break the bank.







Also, Rowen Custom Grips are really hard to beat. He will do what you want.

Max: Those are some stunning grips, all right!

Black Micarta for me.

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will stand up to the "chances of the field"

No wood grip well do that and end up looking good after years in the field.

On real working guns grips get the crap beat out of them.

As a law enforcement armorer I even seen hard plastic and rubber grips damaged to the point they had to be replaced.

I even seen Glock frame/grips with major damage to them.

It is one thing to occasionally take them out of the safe and use them it is another thing to carry and use them daily.

a four way wood rasp, sand paper and some oil will clean up your over sized grips, fun to do if you screw them up then you can look for some after market grips...

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Originally posted by Zephyr:
a four way wood rasp, sand paper and some oil will clean up your over sized grips, fun to do if you screw them up then you can look for some after market grips...

Before I started to use Pachmayrs I did that to several wood grips. Now I just buy Pachmayrs professionals.

Agree 100%...... had family that use to run about 3000 mother cows in northern Nevada and Utah on the Idaho boarder. Carried a 45lc either on my hip or in my saddle bags when gathering or riding fence.
Sometimes you have to draw that line between form and function..

I use wood or Micarta on all of my revolvers and they all spend time in the field as that is why I have them. That said, I don't think there is anything tougher than Micarta.

About 12 years ago I had a custom Keith #5 built + of course it had to have ivory.The guy who built it for me was in Carolina (I forget his name but his work was excellent). He mentioned at the time with so many ivory restrictions that he uses the Amish in Pa. as supposedly they are exempt from the ivory trade rules. Don't know but there is nothing feels so good.

We'll need to see photos of that No. 5, Randy!

On my single actions I prefer them to be wood with no checkering. A double action can have checkering. To me the grips are a wearable item and can be replaced. I don't have anything really fancy on my guns but if I were to have a custom then perhaps I would have custom grips as well.

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
I would contact Jack Huntington of JRH Advanced Gunsmithing. His grip mods and custom grips have few equals in my experience. They are actually made for your hand and they will not break the bank.







Also, Rowen Custom Grips are really hard to beat. He will do what you want.

Being a wood junky,I got my daily fix gazing at these beauties!!

I think these Altamonts cheapies will work. Certainly easier for me to hold onto than the factories.

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Tag! I need to send my sixguns off to Mr. Huntington. His work is truly amazing!

Dall Sheep Horn, Micarta, your choice of hardwood, etc. But what really makes the difference is having them fit for your hand. I had Rob Rowen make a set for my 500L from a ram I killed. He added the palm swell and it's like shooting a whole different animal. Zane at LSCG is currently making a set of Micarta for my 45 Colt Bisley Hunter and is patterning them after the palm swell in the Rowen grips.

Synd love that gun! The age patina and use is it just making it better!

I 'lucked' into a set a few years back at a local gun show. Magna grips for the N-frame S&W, in S&W factory ivory.The only set of S&W factory ivory I've ever seen. I presently have them on my 4" model 29.

I have a set of Charles Daly goncalo alves grips (from their Outdoor Sports era) on my S&W M14 that fit my hand nicely. Much narrower than the stock "target" grips.

I like aged Ivory or better yet mastodon Ivory..

Keep in mind that on a single action, and that includes the Bisley, the hand must move to cock and fire the pistol then return to position to fire, so you need some slickieness if that's a word!

I note that it appears that all these grips are like the ones I made for myself on the SA frame.
The same thickness top to bottom ar at leas wth none . . . NONE of the swell at the bottom that Ruger puts in their design.

I need to make a new set and think I will include the mid palm swell that is in the set of rams horn grips.

That change sure did improve my shooting with that SBH

ONe problem with big bore kicking pistols is trying to maintain the same grip when shooting fast such as in a gunfight, its hard to maintain the same grip shot to shot with a 44 mag in double action, thus my personal opinion is the 44 is strictly a hunting gun, not a combat gun and return to fire is slow also btw. I much prefer a 357 in a revolver with proper loads. A 9mm in a auto btw...

A set of smooth grips on a pistol allows you to maneuver your pistol when recoil moves the gun to a different and undesirable grip location as opposed to trying to keep the same hold from shot to shot, that being all but impossible with a 44 magnum for instance. Im not saying this works for everyone, but its worthy of consideration, and outright necessary in a Single action as the hand must change grip to cock it with every shot..the time lost in such movement is mini seconds and not the big deal Ive read about.

You need not move your shooting hand when cycling a single-action. You just cock it with your supporting hand. Goes much faster that way as well.