A few years ago I found a pair of aftermarket Ruger stags for $50 and just traded them to a Ruger collector for this pair of absolutely gorgous Colt stags. They have all this bark but are very thin. I'm not sure if they'll stay on my nickle Colt 44-40 or this Colt .44 Special with factory nickle cylinder. Probably the .44 Special.







Here's the 44-40...


And here's the Ruger stocks I traded away. I like those original wood stocks on this .22.

Matt, love the stag. Everyones taste is different, but I would be looking for a blue clyinder or get that one refinished, but thats just me. I once owned a very old ruger single six (used) that was NICKLE with stags with the ruger emblem in them. The factory claimed they never made a nickle gun back then. The hammer also was shaped for fanning and not checkered. My best friend used to do the fast draw thing at big bear way back and claimed he seen it or a identical one given as a prize. I let that one get away from me too. It looked original but probley wasnt, I do think the staggs on it were from ruger though. Take care. FM

Everyone's tastes sure are different. I am not, and have never been a fan of Colts with 5 1/2" barrels but when I saw ads for these in 1983 I always wanted one. I know it's weird and I can't explain it. At least it's factory. When Colt was supposedly dropping the SAA back then they had 483 left over nickle cylinders and put them in blue guns. Mine is numbered to the gun but I don't think they all are. The scarcity of this version of a SAA doesn't relate at all to their selling price because, probably, people just don't like them.
Except for women, I'm attracted to the strange and unusual, or in this case to some folks, Damn Ugly.

Very nice! I have a similar looking N-frame set, service grips, purchased a ways back from a fellow forum member. Haven't figured out which gun to put 'em on yet, but I do like 'em!

Maybe I should put 'em on my TL, currently with aftermarket pearls, for shooting...

Why do you say unusual, BTW? (Maybe because such nice ones in old sambar don't come around every day? That's certainly the case! )

Because most the time when you have this much bark the grips are real fat. Usually on Colt SAA's they have to grind most of the bark off to get a more managable grip. These aren't only thin, they are REAL thin. About as skinny as I'd like to go on these.

Love the patination on those stags. There is just nothing more mellow looking you can put on an old revolver than well aged stag, well short of well aged Ivory, that old yellowed stag just has a certain warmth to it.
I have several sets of Patricks stag stocks, they are nice, no doubt about that, I just don't know if I have 30 years to wait before they attain that golden look.
RD

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