I like the way these grips look on my new vaquero. The wood grips on factory gun w/ silver screw appears much better imo. Also, as one reviewer commented, the black screw and resulting appearance is not five star.
Would have been helpful to know to place screw from left to right. These grips are fantastic.took them right out of the box, put them on and they were a perfect fit no adjustments needed. What a change from the sharp,black plastic stocks that were on my NM Vaquero. I still think they messed up with packaging and sent the wrong grips. They made me feel like I was a total bother for taking up their time. They now look great but, I will never order anything from this site again. I liked the looks of the grips so I spent almost three hours drilling holes that were missing, elongating holes that were not in the correct position and, hollowing out the grips so the internal lock assy had room. They said again, theres nothing we can do just send them back. I asked if they could send me another set. I asked if they could have been packaged wrong. They told me there was nothing they could do and to send the grips back. I gave them the serial number and, I ordered the correct grip. I told them the problem and they said I probably ordered the wrong grips. There was no hole drilled for the trigger spring retaining pin, the hole for the grip panel dowel was not in the correct place and the grip wasnt hollowed out for the internal lock assy. On checking it out,I found a few problems. When I tried installing the grips, there was a big gap between the grip and the grip frame. Cant return them because they must be in new condition. B The tip on the bottom inside shouldnt be able to break off in my hands. A i shouldnt have to sand the grips down just to make them fit. Its a shame that the grips that came with my gun fit perfectly, but these Ruger parts apparently cant be made to fit the same way. While doing this part of the wood from the bottom of the grip broke off in my hand. I had to sand off a bit from the top and the flat part of the front to try and make them fit. 357 they were close, but just a hair too big to fit on my gun.
Is it possible to force the silver sleeves out and install in the rosewood grips? They fit my 22 single action convertible with a little persuasion.what I dont like is the open hole after the screw is installed.the black grips I took off have a sleeve that the screw passes through. It looks like I have a matching pair now! I ordered a previous pair for a New Vaquero and just ordered a second set for a recently added pistol. These are an awesome addition to your pistols, great price, perfect fit, and speedy service. Huge improvement over stock finish on my stainless masterpiece. I grabbed a slightly larger drill bit, and drilled it just a teeny tiny bit larger and perfect fit was achieved. Only issue I had was the left side grip pin slot was just ever so slightly off not allowing the grip to set.
These grips made my new model vequero look so much better, and they feel good too.
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