Next Gun: Ruger New Vaquero (finish question)

I am buying a 4 5/8inch blued in 357mag on my 21st in June (finally decided what I want lol). Going to get Black Pearl grips for it at some point.

I like the look of a worn (not abused) blued gun.
 
Bedbugbilly said
"If you're worried about it being "all blue" - dress it up with a pair of after market grips - there are lot's of them available - faux ivory, various exotic woods, etc."

+1 It's what I've done with my 4-5/8" NV .44 Sp and it does certainly "help" considerably. Since I have a few NVs--all finishes--I switch off between them with some custom walnuts, American holly, ebony and a set of elks just to keep things interesting. I'm still headed to Turnbull-land with the .44 as soon as I can afford as the blue'd guns--especially fixed sight "cowboy" style--just seem to need or want the "CCH" treatment--for my tastes anyway (either that or aged/worn finish with essentially nothing!). My older NV .357 has the factory CC on it, and while it is not as good a treatment as the "real thing" or, in the case of Rugers, Turnbull's better faux treatment, I still prefer the factory coloring versus not having it at all. My pie-in-sky plan for that particular gun is a Bowen (etc) conversion to .38-40/.40/10mm "triple threat" convertible, and in the process having it Turnbull'd anyway. 'Til that likely far-off day, I like the gun just fine as it is.

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Drummer101 said:
I am buying a 4 5/8inch blued in 357mag on my 21st in June (finally decided what I want lol). Going to get Black Pearl grips for it at some point.

I like the look of a worn (not abused) blued gun.
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Good choice. Do me a favor and let me know what kind of grips you get for it.
 
As far as my grips go, I'm thinking about either a stag grip or a dark rosewood or maple. Leaning more towards a rosewood i think. But I want something laminated or something that will be more weather-proof.

Wish I could find a cheap holster similar to the one that Mal Reynolds has in the Firefly series. Everything that looks like that is $300+
 
S/S near salt water

A friend told me that the marine police who spend most of their time on the bay need a new S/S gun every 2 or 3 years. There's a lot of small parts that can't handle the salt air environment. Blued guns-forget about it. They last less than a year.
 
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This is the Ruger Vaquero I chose a SS TALO limited edition 3.75 inch barrel ,Birdshead grip in 45acp
 
Master Blaster, very nice! + 1. They have a tendency to multiply, especially if kept close in the safe :) I was (and still am to a degree) mostly a blue'd fan, so how is it I ended up with four of the things? All three sizes - Vaquero, NV Montado/Sheriff and Single Six Vaquerito. Now I want another!
 
Drummer,

I looked at those same eagles when I was shopping for NV grips. I didn't want to spend $100 and started looking else where. That's when I found Altamont Grips and what I thought were the same looking grips at half the price. Well it turns out the grips pictured on the site and the ones they sell are not the same. I thought I was getting a pair of black grips but ended up with something of a blue'ish colored grip. I ended up keeping them as they look pretty good on the NV. Just something to keep in mind...

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I think I would fork over the money because that is exactly what I want. I would rather pay a little more and get what I expect than have a mystery.
 
Drummer,

I forgot to finishing posting...

As you can see from my photo, the grips look pretty black. Its hard to capture the true color which very well be the case with the eagles.
 
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