TennTony
US Veteran
Thinking of getting some Jay Scott grips for one or more of my S&W revolvers. Any bias for or against them? Anyone currently using them?
Thanks for your input.
Tony
Thanks for your input.
Tony
Opinions on Jay Scott Grips
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Alk8944
US Veteran
You don't really want to know, believe me!
westcoast362
Member
I have two or three pair for S&W j frames that came to me in a box of misc. gun stuff. I have not mounted them on a gun, but they look kind of cheap to me.
Wyatt Burp
Member
I just watched Villa Rides and charles Bronson carries a pair of Colts with Jay Scott grips. You can spot them a mile away because of that black laminated inside layer. I have them on my first gun. a Ruger Single Six.
If you like them then just go with them. I stick to the real stuff now because I think high end guns deserve real stag, pearl or whatever. Even though I bought all my stags before they got banned in India.
If you like them then just go with them. I stick to the real stuff now because I think high end guns deserve real stag, pearl or whatever. Even though I bought all my stags before they got banned in India.
JcMack
Member
IMHO it's a case by case (grip by grip) issue. Jay Scott was owned by Colt. The JS grips are usually wood backed so they don't crack. I'm speaking of "pearlized" grips. No imitation grip I've ever seen can imitate stag. Some of the "pearlized" JS grips look pretty good on nickel revolvers.
De gustibus non disputandum est.
JcMack
Member
No accounting for taste can translate into beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
HAWKEYE10
Member
Tony I really like them. I have a black and a white pair for my "J" frame guns. Both are pearl like grips. The grips on the gun in my avatar are J Scott. Don
Jay Scott made grips for many years. They were not junk. They were directed at the total market, not a specialty market.
They later made grips for Colt and several other gun manufacturers.
They made a wide variety of of reasonably priced grips in numerous different types of woods, and although they did make some lamenated grips, those were a fraction of their total production.
In my experience. almost 40years of shooting, Jay Scott grips are a bargain.
They later made grips for Colt and several other gun manufacturers.
They made a wide variety of of reasonably priced grips in numerous different types of woods, and although they did make some lamenated grips, those were a fraction of their total production.
In my experience. almost 40years of shooting, Jay Scott grips are a bargain.
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rocketdog
Member
Anyone know if the M1 Carbine 30rd magazines that were sold in Jay Scott boxes in the 1980s function well? Still have some that I never got around to using.
I have several very nice sets of JS wooden grips for some of my S&Ws. They weren't cheap either.
semperfi71
US Veteran
The Jay Scotts can be found without the wood backing [or is it "fronting"?]. Go search the gun auctions.
The wood backing can be ground down to remove some, or maybe all, of it and then one can get a more "accurate" appearance of a faux pearl, ivory, or stag. However that depends on the gun's frame dimensions and the specific fit of the grip to that particular gun.
I think the stags, pearls, and ivory look good enough for a run-of-the-mill-gun although they do not replicate the real materials accurately.
They can be picked up very cheaply at the gun shows, gun shop grip bins, and garage sales.
The wood backing can be ground down to remove some, or maybe all, of it and then one can get a more "accurate" appearance of a faux pearl, ivory, or stag. However that depends on the gun's frame dimensions and the specific fit of the grip to that particular gun.
I think the stags, pearls, and ivory look good enough for a run-of-the-mill-gun although they do not replicate the real materials accurately.
They can be picked up very cheaply at the gun shows, gun shop grip bins, and garage sales.
I have two pair of oversized walnut Jay Scotts for N frames I bought in the mid '80s. They're not bad looking wood but it's hard to tell with the cheap stain they put on them. I had planned on making some customized grips out of them, but I'm a little behind on my project list.
I ordered a pair of the black pearl N frames. Put them on a gun & like how they feel. Not the best looking things I've ever seen but certainly not the worst. May buy some oversized pairs to modify later. At about $30 they seem like a low cost route to making some interesting custom grips.
Baby Chief JS
I just bought a pair JS faux pearl on ebay for $24. They are for my Baby Chief Spl pre model 36. If anyone knows where to get a nice pair of grips for the small handle round butt J frame please let me know. (besides original magnas which I have)I actually jumped on the JS because of price and it's the 1st time I've seen anything for a "Baby Chief RB. They don't fit quite right. There is a tiny gap at the top of the grip/frame interface.
I just bought a pair JS faux pearl on ebay for $24. They are for my Baby Chief Spl pre model 36. If anyone knows where to get a nice pair of grips for the small handle round butt J frame please let me know. (besides original magnas which I have)I actually jumped on the JS because of price and it's the 1st time I've seen anything for a "Baby Chief RB. They don't fit quite right. There is a tiny gap at the top of the grip/frame interface.
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Thuer
Member
We do have a bunch of old Jay Scott grips on stock. They look old fashion like the seventies but for sure not junk.
JcMack
Member
They look right smart to me. There's now 10,000 S&WFORUM members searching e bay. 
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
My first good revolver was a single six that I bought over 50 years ago. Just like wyatt burp I bought a set of pearl looking jay scott grips. At the time I thought them pretty and fancy. I wouldnt now. But what the heck, they done the job just like the originals or ivory.
RufusG
Member
Not a revolver (but it is a 38 Special) but these are some nice Jay Scott grips.
