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Post by Alaskan454 on Nov 30, 2018 12:49:42 GMT -5
I'm also a fan of the two tone look. I bought a cheap and beat up Al grip frame online and refinished it to 400 grit after truing up the lines. Mated it to a high polished Sheriff's model and that was that.
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Post by jdpress on Dec 1, 2018 23:29:37 GMT -5
Similar look with a brushed Stainless Steel Grip Frame for a .45 Colt New Model Blackhawk with 7-1/2 inch barrel. The heavier weight of the grip frame over aluminum, coupled with a replacement blued steel ejector housing, gives significant recoil reduction with Ruger only handloads pushing .44 magnum velocities with a 250 grain .45 bullet. J.D. Press
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Post by jdpress on Dec 1, 2018 23:39:01 GMT -5
Here is a different two-tone look in all steel for an early production Ruger Bisley model also in .45 Colt. Color case hardened frame, loading gate, hammer and trigger with a blued steel ejector rod housing. It also shoots like a dream with incredible accuracy and light recoil. J.D. Press
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Sarge
.30 Stingray
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Post by Sarge on Dec 2, 2018 22:22:39 GMT -5
I believe the current one's are powder coated, which seems to be less durable than anodizing in my experience. I'm a fan of the Two-Tone look so many off mine get stripped & polished....It's just easier than touching them up every so often. Well that was a walk down memory lane. My first decent 22 revolver, at 15 years old, was a Single Six made about 68-70. I gave $61.00 in hay money for it and had to talk my Dad into buying it for me. I shot it continually and whatever handgun skills I have today are more attributable to that old Ruger, than all the LE training I accumulated over a 30+ year career. It was dead-nuts on the front sight to 50 paces and it paid for itself in "You can't hit that Sarge!" bets alone. Like most boys that age I was hard on equipment and eventually scraped up the grip frame. I polished it off, like the one depicted above. Mine had the factory wood grips, which I refinished in shop class. They were then stolen by a shithead kid, promptly ratted out by the first suspected thief we cornered. He was more than happy to go to the actual thief and set up the sale of stolen grips to a 3rd party, for seven bucks. I was standing around the corner when the thief showed up and got a busted nose, instead. Only cost me three days (during quail season) but it was worth it. Sorry for the diversion-and thank you for posting that photo.
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Joe S.
.401 Bobcat
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Post by Joe S. on Dec 2, 2018 22:37:30 GMT -5
I have one slightly polished, one bead blasted, and one Cerakoted black. I prefer Cerakote. My 357 S6 has the Cerakoted grip frame and ejector housing.
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Post by mindustrial on Dec 3, 2018 12:40:39 GMT -5
Just take a look of what's on all those AR lowers....cerakote is very popular.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Dec 3, 2018 20:50:28 GMT -5
The best aluminum finishes are usually the flat black AR lowers.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Dec 4, 2018 7:07:17 GMT -5
A good semi-local shop does both Gun-Coat & Ceracoat... so when the grip frame gets back here from Zane, I'll probably run it up there, & tell them to match the gun the best color wise, with whichever coating they feel will be the most durable...
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Post by azshaun on Dec 4, 2018 22:03:56 GMT -5
That happened on my Blackhawk too. Looked unsightly. Jim Taylor suggested I finish the job and polish it! He said the added benefit is that as you shoot the gun, your hand will keep polishing, and you can get a really nice shine. I am happy with the results.
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Post by schlafftablett on Dec 13, 2018 9:45:09 GMT -5
My company offers black hard coat anodizing and speaking from experience, it is very difficult to anodize the Ruger frames with any semblance of consistency. The castings tend to be pretty hit and miss as to the texture and color they will take. In as much as I’m not one to advise painting aluminum, in this case, it’s probably the best option for refinish. Also, it should be noted that Cerakote does a pretty good clear-coat now. Older clears tended to be noticably yellow but their newer products work much better especially if one is looking to prolong the looks of bare aluminum and case hardened finishes.
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