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Offline Rube Burrows

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New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« on: July 07, 2021, 03:50:59 PM »
I had been contemplating getting new grips for my 51 Conversion for a while. I wasn't too sure what I wanted to get.

Then one day I was looking through the Packing Iron book and seen a pair of grips on an original gun from the period and it had checkered ivory grips.

I really liked them but knowing how pricy ivory is I started thinking about alternatives. I contacted a grip maker and proposed the idea of doing a bone grip checkered like that one and then aged to look similar minus the shrinkage.

We decided on Giraffe Bone with the checkering.

After giving it some more thought I decided since the gun was like new that I did not want them aged and would just let them age naturally with the gun itself.

The grips did not turn out perfect. There were some difficulties in checkering the dense bone and he went through one set and ended up having to order a new set.

This is the end result as far as the grip goes. I have also included the photo that was in the packing iron book.  I have some other plans for this one also so maybe those will come to light also.

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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2021, 03:51:43 PM »
How about a photo of the gun in it's holster.
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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2021, 04:12:37 PM »
that is stellar ...super nice grips & the holster just WOW !

I could just see my Kirst conversion in one like that.
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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2021, 04:32:22 PM »
that is stellar ...super nice grips & the holster just WOW !

I could just see my Kirst conversion in one like that.

Thanks Major. All cowboy guns need a good holster.
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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2021, 07:24:10 PM »
Beautiful grips. When those age like the original you copied, those will really be something.

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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2021, 11:34:45 PM »
Beautiful grips. When those age like the original you copied, those will really be something.

Thanks. I’m hoping the bone ages well also.
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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2021, 11:36:59 PM »
Nice!  How does it feel?

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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2021, 07:32:43 AM »
Nice!  How does it feel?

Feels great in the hand. The feel of the checkered bone feels like it will be easy to hold on to in the hot Louisiana summers when the humidity is close to 100%.
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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2021, 10:00:26 AM »
 :)  Really ??  ;)

Does the Humidity in Lousy Anna actually get that "low" in Summer??  Who'd a thunkit. 
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PS:  The Holster and the Grips are SUPERB!!

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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2021, 11:04:47 AM »
:)  Really ??  ;)

Does the Humidity in Lousy Anna actually get that "low" in Summer??  Who'd a thunkit. 
                    ;D

PS:  The Holster and the Grips are SUPERB!!

Ahhhh......just now and then it dips down like that.  ;D
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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2021, 01:19:45 PM »
Well when the polar caps melt, we all will be swimming
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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2021, 08:37:26 PM »
Very nice look.
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Re: New Grips For The 51 Conversion
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2021, 02:31:31 PM »
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