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Wood grips for engraved sp101

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hello, I reently acquired a new Ruger sp101 2 1/4 inch barrel .357 mag. its the talo edition with the engraving. anyway I like the look of the factory grips, but they do not fit my hand very well. I always used a Hogue monogrip on my daily carry sp101 and love the fit of them. however, they cover up a good portion of the engraving on my new sp101. Does anyone know of any fancier, full size wood grips that will not cover the engraving? I'm posting a picture of the model I have
 

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#15 ·
I may just be too picky lol I'm looking at the badger grips closer. I didn't realize they offer engraving, monograms and inlays as well, the boot grip is too short, but theyre other model is pretty nice, and pricey if you customize it. but I may order some
 
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Not really, i actually sold my hogue grips and ordered a custom badger grip with my last name engraved on the side. Little pricey but man are they beautiful grips. Still cover a little engraving, but not as bad as the hogues did. By far the best grips you can get for the sp101
 
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dipper99 as revolver as nice as the SP101 Talo edition your gun deserves a nice set of wood grips personally I would still opt for the Hogue or a equivalent such as the Badger grips or possibly Eagle grips makes a very nice one for the SP101 as well. The Jauran grips out of Thailand that you can get either off of Amazon or Ebay these grips do require some extra fitting or modifications that I have read here on the Ruger Forum. I debated what to put on my Ruger SP101 08 MFG. 3 inch barreled .327 FM. this is a model thats not made any more. Well I tried the Rubber Hogue Mono Grips but finally settled on a set of the wood Hogue grips they are a tad larger in diameter and help tame the recoil of my revolver. I do and don't like the looks of the badger grips because of the way they are swept back design etc. I have seen some very nice designs in the Jauran grips that resemble in a smaller profile of the S&W target grips that are made for the SP101. But the SP101 Talo engraved model is a pricey and beautiful revolver that deserves a grip that will enhance the engraving. I do like your Wood Hogues that you have a picture of!
 
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Seminole, personally I think the engraving is very nice. it wouldn't say its as deep and detailed as say a private master engraver, but as far as factory engraving goes I think it top notch. the talo edition is also only around 200 more than a stock sp101, so its much more affordable. I'm personally really happy with the looks of the gun. and the stock grips look nice, just didn't fit my hand well.

gquccol, I think the the Hogue grips fit my hand the best, and look really great. I have the camo laminate on my other sp101, and you saw earlier in the thread the rose wood on my talo model. they are for sure the biggest grips I came across, but bulge well under my shirt. as nice as the Hogue are, the badger is a huge step up in finish and fit. really nice glossy finish. I also really liked the jauran grips, and was gonna order those, but he didn't have what I wanted in stock at the time. the picture in the reply shows what I got, with different engraving. same walnut color though.

the jauran grips run around 38 plus shipping
Hogue is 50 to 80 depending where an when
badger grips were 85 not engraved, 140 I think with 5 letters
 

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