Roper K frame grips

Hosspower · Jul 20, 2020

I've heard of roper grips but never knew anything about them until today. I was looking at revolvers on Gunbroker and saw a registered magnum with a set of grips I recognized. I read the description and seller said they were ropers. I inherited a model 14 from my dad and it had these grips on it. I have since put factory targets on the gun. From the little googling I did ropers are valuable. Any thoughts on weather these are authentic?

gdogs · Jul 20, 2020

Most certainly authentic! Beautiful grips and hard to find K frames without a thumbrest at that. And I'm curious, anything else special about the Mod 14 - modified hammer/trigger?

garbler · Jul 20, 2020

I’ve heard and seen Ropers since I was kid and probably had a few pieces with them but never really figured they were real valuable. They weren’t rare in the 60’s so wondering what’s a set like these worth these days ?

fleabus101 · Jul 20, 2020

They sure look like original Ropers to me.
The telltale 2 smaller hook indents indicating
where the maker had them set up to work on them on the backsides usually mean Roper produced grips.

Hosspower · Jul 20, 2020

It's a 14-3 with a target trigger. Wear on each side of the barrel near the muzzle. Need to do some research on why my pics are upside down.

tomdrpm · Jul 21, 2020

Your stocks look a lot like mine. Mine are K round butt to square conversions. Likely not too many of these around.

Hoosier45 · Jul 21, 2020

tomdrpm said:
Your stocks look a lot like mine. Mine are K round butt to square conversions. Likely not too many of these around.

Oh my!!! I’ve seen quite a few Ropers but those are outstanding. Choice wood on top of a rare configuration.

gdogs · Jul 21, 2020

garbler said:
They weren’t rare in the 60’s so wondering what’s a set like these worth these days ?

I bet they'd exceed $600 on ebay.

RKmesa · Jul 22, 2020

Beautiful Ropers!!!

murphydog · Jul 22, 2020

Hosspower said:
It's a 14-3 with a target trigger. Wear on each side of the barrel near the muzzle. Need to do some research on why my pics are upside down.

Welcome! I agree they appear to be original Roper stocks; a few talented stock makers today make replicas today, but the signs of earlier production methods show on yours.

Your model 14 looks original/stock and may be worth about the same as the Ropers

. Enjoy!

Spajohn · Sep 12, 2020

Hosspower said:
I've heard of roper grips but never knew anything about them until today. I was looking at revolvers on Gunbroker and saw a registered magnum with a set of grips I recognized. I read the description and seller said they were ropers. I inherited a model 14 from my dad and it had these grips on it. I have since put factory targets on the gun. From the little googling I did ropers are valuable. Any thoughts on weather these are authentic?

Hosspower--
I recently pulled out the below .38 Safety Hammerless break top to replace the hand spring, it was actually given to me back in the '70's.
Like you, I didn't know much about Roper stocks until recently, and have discovered that they're worth way more than the cut down reblued gun that they're on.
JohnP

garbler · Sep 12, 2020

20/20 hindsight is a good way to drive yourself crazy or drink. So Ropers like Pythons that many of us passed on or passed up years ago come back haunt you. I have two guns still wearing Ropers but this is my prettiest. Sorry gun is the wrong species but just ignore the revolver and look at the grips.

Rick

Roper K frame grips

Hosspower

Member

Attachments

gdogs

Member

garbler

Member

fleabus101

SWCA Member, Absent Comrade

Hosspower

Member

Attachments

tomdrpm

Member

Hoosier45

Member

gdogs

Member

RKmesa

Member

murphydog

Moderator

Spajohn

Member

Attachments

garbler

Member

Attachments

Similar threads

Latest posts