Rosewood, Walnut, or Silverblack on a Blued Gun?

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I've been looking at new grips for a few of my guns. While most makers and retailers have nice pics of the grips up, and they might have them on a stainless or a blued gun, they almost never have both for comparison. So I figured I'd ask my fellow revolver fans. On a blued gun, what do you think looks best in a grip? I'm sure some of you have blued guns with rosewood, walnut, or silverblack grips. Your pics and opinions are appreciated. Thanks.
 
I think it depend a lot on the particular gun.

I've been looking for a good set of elk antler or moose antler grips with a lot of bark for a 1911 and would like them on a single action revolver as well. I like rosewood and laminate grips as well on different guns. S&W just seem to work naturally with walnut.

At the end of the day, there are a lot of nice choices and you should get what you like.
 
Ivory looks nice...

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On blued I prefer Walnut.

Stainless/nickel I prefer Rosewood.

I tried Altamont's Silver/black on my 460 and the silver just didn't stand out as much as I would have liked. Might have just been the luck/un-luck of the draw as far as grain on that particular piece for me. More than a couple feet away it did not stand out as much different than the Hogue black rubber... I ended up exchanging it for Super Rosewood and like it much better....
 
Here is mequite (top) and walnut:



Silverblack is a laminate, and laminates always look cheap on a gun to me. Prefer solid oil finished wood. Also prefer stag over ivory:



Bob Wright
 
I was just looking at these for a model 15:

Rosewood:
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Walnut:
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Silverblack:
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They also come with medallions instead of carved logos but I thought that might look weird on a blued gun.
 
While those grips are labeled as "rosewood", etc. They are not. They are laminates made of dyed birch, generally called "Pakkawood" or "Dymondwood."
While reasonably attractive and very durable, they don't look much like solid wood grips.
 
It's all personal preference

Blonde, Brunette, Redheads..........all are beautiful but everyone knows which they prefer

Same thing with grips. You know it when you see it.
 
I like rosewood, but one has to be aware of the different qualities of said wood.

I did a frame-up build on a 1911 .22 pistol and ordered "on sale" rosewood grips from Hogue for $22. They were seconds, as I was aware of. I could have ordered much better rosewood grips from Hogue for twice the price, but as it was just a first build, I was on a budget. I got what I paid for.

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You decide...

Jim
 
All wood is good on a blued gun. It really is all just personal preference of course but ivory and stag also look great. Plastic / rubber grips.... Not so much.
 
Begs the question: You want to look at it or shoot it? If you want to look at it, there are many beautiful choices. However, mine are for shooting and I want rubber grips on mine...don't care how they look.
 
You want to look at it or shoot it? If you want to look at it, there are many beautiful choices. However, mine are for shooting and I want rubber grips on mine...don't care how they look.
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I want to do both. :) I have Hogue rubber grips on a few guns and they really are great. They do a lot for recoil and are very reasonably priced. Of course, wood (or other materials) isn't necessarily uncomfortable, especially when ergonomically designed and firing standard-pressure .38s, .32s, .22s, etc.
 
I've had an aversion to rubber grips since firing some heavy loads in a rubber stocked Thompson Contender. These left my hand blistered after only fifty rounds or so. Caught that little roll of skin between thumb and forefinger and just rolled the fire out of it!

And my factory S&W grips caught a little skin in that groove around the checkering pattern and did a number there.

Been smooth wood grips for me ever since for heavy magnum ammunition.

Bob Wright
 
dahermit said:
Begs the question: You want to look at it or shoot it? If you want to look at it, there are many beautiful choices. However, mine are for shooting and I want rubber grips on mine...don't care how they look.
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Life's too short to shoot ugly guns.

Bob Wright
 
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