I've got a Hawes blued frame in .44 Mag and a brass frame in .45 Colt, both shoot fine and have never had any trouble with either one. I paid more than $150 each for mine and that was a number of years ago. I'd jump on that deal !

A guy on E-Bay and GunBroker, I think it's Tombstone Grips, makes a Faux Ivory grip that fits them rather well and if anything does break there are usually parts to be had on GunBroker. I've never had anything break so I've never bought any of them but I see them for sale.

I've probably got a couple of thousand rounds apiece through mine and I bought them used. Most of that is reloads and I typically don't load to hot rod specs. As mentioned, these guns could probably shoot loose before a Ruger would but what the heck, a Colt probably would also !!

Dan R