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    What ever happened to stag grips on carry guns?
     

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    They produce some geat looking "faux" stag grips nowadays.
    Thinking of set for my Ruger 4 5/8ths New Model Blackhawk. $70.00 ---- SAWMAN
     

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    Go big...fossil mammoth ivory!

    It's been a while since I've seen some "real" stag grips. Or knifehandles for that matter. Synthetic handles look realistic, but just don't the feel of the real stuff.
     

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    They’re still out rgere if you want to pay the price: $200 up for real stag.
    if i could find em for 200, i'd buy a couple sets! buddy still runs tables at gun shows in Wyoming and a couple other states bordering. theres lots of original colt, s&w grips out there. problem is, original diamond magna grips for s&w are 250-275 for average ones. factory combat (finger grooves) are 325-400. colt python wood grips are around 300ish now too. Thom called me last time he saw a decent set of stags for k frame s&w... 325. ahhh, the good old days.
     

    COOLEEO

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    This looks like the perfect thread to asked how to tell the difference from a high quality faux stag and a real stag. I have a set for a J frame square butt S&W and they look real stag to me but someone told me the were not. Let me know what you guys think.
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    Raven

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    This looks like the perfect thread to asked how to tell the difference from a high quality faux stag and a real stag. I have a set for a J frame square butt S&W and they look real stag to me but someone told me the were not. Let me know what you guys think. View attachment 145223 View attachment 145224
    Just remember that real European stag has different DNA than American and the Euro stag won't shrink over time... just like fake stag.
     

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    Here is a set on my dad's old Smith & Wesson model 18 in 22 long rifle. While they look real good I don't actually think they're bone . I don't think many of us would want to try it nowadays but the old guys would stick their tongue to the inside of the grip if your tongue stuck just a little it was bone. I suppose you could take a paper towel with a little water on it and if it absorb the water it would be bone. Bone is porous man-made materials are not
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    Fanner50

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    Check out the prices of Eagle Sambar Stag grips. I had a set for sale for a Ruger MK II but no one wanted to pay the price, and I'm not going to give them away. I'm thinking about buying a MK II to put them on.
     

    Fanner50

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    I had these for sale on here not too long ago. No one wants to pay even half of what they are worth. Sambar Stag for a Ruger MK II. Rare and expensive. They were on my wife's MK II which she sold. They look even better in person. They are very hard to photograph. Hard to do them justice.
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    capt.joe

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    I took a scrimshaw whale tooth that i found to an antique dealer for an estimate. He heated up a pin and touched it to see if it was a fake. Wonder if that would work?
     

    BluesBrother

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    Check out the prices of Eagle Sambar Stag grips. I had a set for sale for a Ruger MK II but no one wanted to pay the price, and I'm not going to give them away. I'm thinking about buying a MK II to put them on.
    I would have but I couldn't find a Mark II reasonably priced.
     
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