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Post by medicdave on Feb 27, 2016 11:12:58 GMT -5
My brother snagged a set of elephant ivory grips for an OM XR3 Ruger frame and is considering letting them move down the road. I wanted to poll the in the know crowd to get an idea of current value as they sit. They have the initials J R carved into a blind left panel, but it looks like there's enough meat there to remove the monograms and still have a nice set of grips. Thick enough at the frame junction to stand a bit proud of a new xr3 frame, but of corse the locater pin hole is off on the newer frame. Thanks for the help.   |
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Post by kings6 on Feb 27, 2016 11:32:30 GMT -5
I sold a set for an old model XR-3 frame a few weeks ago for just under $400 shipped and they were smooth surfaced without medallions like yours.
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Post by medicdave on Feb 27, 2016 13:18:24 GMT -5
Thanks bud, that's what I needed to know.
If anyone is interested in them shoot me a message and I'll get you in touch with my brother.
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Post by caryc on Feb 27, 2016 14:05:23 GMT -5
Wow, that looks like a pretty amateurish job carving those initials in them. I hate to see that on such a valuable material. I hope you can fix them.
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Post by BigBore44 on Feb 27, 2016 16:02:30 GMT -5
Damn if they had a B included it would b my initials. I believe they'd be upside down though as my initials are: RJB I guess it depends on how/which way you look at'em  HAHAHAAA Anyway you look at it though, they should have been left alone/plainly perfect IVORY Good luck BigBore44 |
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Post by kings6 on Feb 27, 2016 16:18:04 GMT -5
The nice thing is they have s blind nut on that side do a guy just thins them down and gets rid of the carving
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Post by caryc on Feb 27, 2016 17:18:35 GMT -5
The nice thing is they have s blind nut on that side do a guy just thins them down and gets rid of the carving Yeah, as long as he doesn't thin a little too much and run into the blind hole. Try screwing the grip screw in the back of that grip itself and this should tell you about how deep that hole goes into the grip. I know that when I do a blind hole I usually drill to about .210" into the back of the grip. You can measure the thickness of the grip at that screw spot with a set of calipers to see how much material you have in back of that blind hole. From looking at the back view of those grips, it looks like the area around the initials is dished out. You'll have to thin down the whole grip to get rid of that look, but that shouldn't be that hard as long as you don't run into that blind hole. Good luck. |
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Post by medicdave on Feb 28, 2016 15:30:55 GMT -5
Measured the depth of the blind hole in the left panel and the thinnest section on the grips and ended up with 1/8" difference so slimming should be an option. He's decided to put them up for sale. Grips are listed here www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=236122. |
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Post by jayhawker on Feb 29, 2016 16:10:36 GMT -5
Notice back of left grip is damaged. To much money.
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