Brass grip frames by Ronnie Wells

[RDW]

Hey Fellas!
lswc has completed a keith # 5 with the Bisley Trigger guard and trigger!
Im posting the results here for him and it looks Great.
Great Job Larry! I love it!











Looks Like a real shooter Man!
R

[Bagby]

Very nice!!

Thanks,
Jonathan.

[Aeroscout]

That came out well!

[bradshaw]

Jun 12, 2020 17:47:59 GMT -5 RDW said:

Hey Fellas!
lswc has completed a keith # 5 with the Bisley Trigger guard and trigger!
Im posting the results here for him and it looks Great.
Great Job Larry! I love it!





Looks Like a real shooter Man!
R

*****

Beautiful proportions. And, of course, practical for the North Country hunter.

RWGF Bison Hunter
Ronnie, I shot the RWGF Bison Hunter on a Super Blackhawk Bisley Hunter .44 Mag----purposely leaving the rear two grip frame screws loose. Held by the 3 screws fore & aft trigger guard, the screws held fast. They would have come loose on a steel gripframe. I like your modest palm swell idea, compliments my HEEL INDEX hold. I’ll probably increase the bottom concavity to slightly triangulate finger-wrap.

RWGF 3rd Hand
Your little sliding vise or “cam clamp” saved half an hour today on trigger work and fitting loading gate springs. Ended up installing a blued gate spring in a stainless revolver while doing trigger/hammer work. The 3rd Hand also works to test smoothness of the gate spring without the gate.
David Bradshaw

[RDW]

Hey guys JordanB
Whooped his 500Linebaugh in to shape with a New PJ Junior and it looks great!
Love the holster to.









Good Job Jordan!

[rhino]

That looks awesome and I'm diggin those grips too. Good job!

[Konchman]

Just wanted to remind everyone. We still have several old version frames on the shelf. If you are interested in one of the frames on this list, email us [e-mail] for availability because some of these are now gone!

Thanks for the support those of you that have already purchased.

May 17, 2020 12:02:18 GMT -5 RDW said:

Gentlemen

I have been planning a clear out of some of the one off as well as working prototype frames for a bit here now.

I sent a list privately to the guys that had bought brass frames before now first to give them first shot at these which i think was the proper thing to do.

If i missed anyone please let me know! that time has passed so for those of you who might be interested, let us know. We have Done a lot of changing around here as far as bugging out the programming and just the overall machining process so we could streamline our operation thru the course of the last few months. So for you that have helped us create this monster i wanted to offer you a cool deal on some Brass grip frames that were part of the earlier production pieces.

$ 225.00 as opposed to the normal $350.00 for brass.

All of these are geometrically correct as far as the outer shapes,and will fit perfectly. THESE ARE ALL BRASS! Not aluminum.

The only difference between these and the new standard production model is that they may or may not have the R.W.G F logo on them or the description as to what model they are and may or may not look the same on the inner cut as the latest version. Changes were made to the inner to accommodate the logo and description and for the mid pin design. Which in a nutshell means nothing as far as fit and finish!

Some have a more squared contour on the inside as opposed to the newer rounded cut mainly so that i could cut some of the very costly and time consuming corners on the inside.

They are all perfectly functional, will bolt right on as usuall. They are just a little unique compared to the current standard production peices.

Any questions please feel free to inquire [e-mail]
( myself or Michael)
Hope you see something in there that turns you on fellas.

For those of you who are aluminum guys and have purchased previously, you will receive a list soon of the same type of deal on aluminum!

Once they have had there pick then i will post the remainder to this site.

I certainly hope offering these to those that have purchased frames from me first does not offend anyone on this great sight, But i have a very large investment here and i think it only proper to do so.

Everyone i have talked to so far on this forum has just been great, Gentlemen all! Thank you so much for joining us on this voyage!

Make sure and register on the frame site.
Here is the List



Conventionals                      Bisleys

New Models                         New Models

XR3 2                                 Bisley "3rd Design" 2

XR3.5 2                              Keith #5 STG "2nd Design" 7

XR3 Red STG 7                   

XR3 Red BTG 2                    Keith #5 STG "Final Design" 3

XR3 Red RB 1                    

XR3 Red +.300 Length 2      Kbird Std TG 2

SBH-Hunter TG 2                 Wells #9 "2nd Design" 3

SBH-Dragoon TG 2  


SBH-Bisley TG 2



Old Models                         Old Models

XR3 Narrow Trig 1               Bisley Semi-Bisley TG Narrow Trig 2

                                         Kbird Narrow Trig 1

XR3 Red Narrow Trig 1
   

SBH-Dragoon TG Narrow Trig 1



Ronnie
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[RDW]

Hey Guys, Pacecars Started a thread about Ivory or walnut and It just interested the heck out of me because I lovem both. But over the years I have cut a lot of walnut because of its strength and availability. So I decided to educate myself a little on the variations. Its seems like they always turn out so different. Boy did I have a surprise coming!!!! You would not believe how many variations that there are. And the wood is all different. It seems as if the walnut species (Juglans Genus) or Jupiters nuts have their own place of origin, Henceforth the Name. However there are some Species that are named inappropriately though! The walnut tree belongs to the Juglandaceae Family which includes Hickory as well as pecan. They are Monoecious so they basically pollenate themselves ensuring that they are hardy and easy to volunteer.

The main walnut trees that grow in the US are not all indigenous to north America. Most of them have been planted here, but they grow so well and so fast they have taken a foothold! The Black walnut is from North America, also known as American Walnut. The Butternut is from the same group but has smaller leaves and doesn’t get as Large. The English walnut is actually not originally from England. It is From China! But You Know the English, They think they own everything huh? California even has its own Walnut Tree, (Juglans hindsii). The Northern California black Walnut, also called the claro Walnut. There is an Arizonan Walnut Which Ranges from Mexico up to AZ and New mexico and over to Texas and Oklahoma! There is Andean or Peruvian, Columbian, Brazillian and on and on and on!

The Japanese have their own, Yep you guessed it The Japanese walnut. There is a Manchurian Walnut which even grows in Russia along side the English. The French have their own. Hell even the Germans have a German Walnut tree. Persian as well. Over 21 species range across the globe and each one is different.
The grain size , the color and the overall look has small variances in it.. The spot on the tree ofcourse makes a difference as well,(Knots, Branchout locations, ETC...)
Basically where they are is what makes them so different. Leaf size, Trunk Diameter, Root stock, Height, And for those creative souls like us, Grain texture and color! I guess based on average Rainfall, Sunlight, Temperature minerals, and just how easy it is for the roots to get to the water, changes the grain patterns as well as color. They are all tough as heck and easy to stabilize. So I put my wood guys on a mission to find me all types and they have proven to be very good at what they do. Big shout out to Texas Knifemakers ( Lance) and the fellas at Houston and Clarks Hardwoods. The actual fruit or the nut itself can be toxic to the undergrowth Beneath the Walnut tree so a lot of places harvest them from time to time here in order to plant something else, Henceforth allowing guys like us to get creative. Probably another one of those gazillions of little details that the LORD put into play When he made all this cool stuff huh? Kill off the competition for water and nutrients below the Tree. Neat Huh! I mean what else would it do that for!
What i have been doing here is to try and get a handle on how to see whats inside of a certain peice of wood. To try and get a visual picture in my head as to what it will look like on a grip frame. My close personal friends have asked me how i do that based on pieces i have picked out that they said they would have thrown away. I believe if you have cut into enough chunks you can get a feel for where the grain pattern is going. I beleive your good grip makers could tell you how to and what to look for!!!!!        I was born in Cochise county Arizona. A little town you might have heard of.              Tombstone!!!!

Yes the place is real, hahaha. A man Named Ed Schieffelin who was an indian scout for the army chasing Geronimo (Real Name Goyaka in english, one who Yawns) under the famous Al Sieber Believed that if you looked at the layout of the land you could tell geologically where to find silver deposits. ( so He Said) He found a spot in southern Arizona Territory that showed promise riding between what became Fort Huachuca and bowie. When he left for Tucson to stake his claim they told him he could have it, but the name of Allen which was his mothers maiden name was taken, so he pondered a moment and remembered something Al Sieber told him when he informed him of his plan to find Silver. He told him because of all the renegade Chiricahua Apaches , all he would find there is his tombstone. So he named it Tombstone. By the way the street i played sheriff on when i was a young lad was Named Allen street. hahaha. The point im driving at is sometimes you have to build an on board data collection system for getting from point a to point b. It obviously worked for old Ed because in 1877 they started what became a hundred million dollar producer for the next 18 years until an earthquake in mexico filled the mines up with saltwater. I will never forget my grandfather telling me that story and trying to relay the advise, of look at what ever you desire with an analytical set of eyes. study the piece you are working on and learn how to see inside of it based on what is available for you to observe. I have put together a set of mental tools that help me pick out that one perfect piece of wood based on which way the grain is flowing. What it looks like when the grain is slimming down or growing outward or changing directions in to a nice pattern or feature at the end of it!  I have found that sometimes in order to get that beautiful cascade pattern of grain flow to fit into the shape of the grip, it may not be the proper direction for strength! However i have found some of these stabilizing compounds will turn a rotten piece of Balsa wood into a piece of Iron. One that i use on California Buckeye will allow you to drill and Tap that sucker. man is it tough! So just for giggles i thought i would show you a few that i experimented with for some of you.

This is the Super Black Hawk Grips i made for JOE S. They are American Walnut. And it looks like what i believe is eastern based on the swirling effect. the Northern california or claro seems to have more of a red Hue to it. I have built Holding jigs for a Cnc Mill of mine to similate what i will do on my Cnc Router.
These are stabilized with cactus Juice and cut or profiled to give you a good starting point like i do with the micarta.


Rear View

And the other side


They are cut with the same geometry as the grip frame so you have to really squawsh em on there! Zero seems or gaps.

Here they are on a sister frame all finished out! Roughly ten minutes of sanding and polishing by hand!
By the way , Laying on top of the pieces i cut them out of! The dark shiny spots are the stabilizing resin! Notice the grip at the bottom. I cut it diagonally so that we could get in to the direction change i saw in the chunk i sawed in half.
David Clements is sending me some of his personal stock to see what we can do with it. I believe Mr Clements has a good eye for stuff like this. Cant wait to see it. Potato judge sent me  some he picked out to do which i have started on, and he is going to be very proud of the pieces he chose because they ARE TOTALLY PIMP! The grain pattern is absolutely Lovely as can be. cant wait for him to see them on his Junior and standard PJs

[RDW]

These are California Or Northern California Black Walnut (CLARO), Kind of Reddish Huh. Just some basic from an out branch off of the trunk i Believe. These are for Tom At Trappers Guns. 





These on the left are  Arizona Walnut Almost Yellow. For JOE S 1860! The grips on the right are Brazilian. Little more Brownish. Subtle but significant huh?

[Joe S.]

Amazing.

[RDW]

Jun 28, 2020 17:20:49 GMT -5 Joe S. said:

Amazing.

Those on the left ares yours Bro!

[RDW]

Would you ever believe that this peice of wood would have this (Grip) inside of it. Pecan.
Another Diagonal cut.

[RDW]

Howabout Madagascar Iron wood.




Look at whats in here! This is what i made out of the other side that i cut in half.


This stuff is like Iron. It requires Zero Stabilization


Old Model PJ Junior.

[Bagby]

Very cool.

[RDW]

This is Rose wood from Sudan!




The 1860 Grips Are Rose wood from Madagascar. Notice how much darker it is compared to the Sudan Rosewood and then how much darker the Arizona Rosewood Keith # 5 Grip panel is to the 1860!