Fell in Love with a Bird's HeadThis is a discussion on Fell in Love with a Bird's Head within the Ruger Single Action forums, part of the Pistol & Revolver Forum category; I got to put my hands on a .32 birds head yesterday for the first time. I love that grip. Now I'm determined that one ...
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September 16th, 2012, 03:08 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Jacksonville, NC
Posts: 74
| Fell in Love with a Bird's Head
I got to put my hands on a .32 birds head yesterday for the first time. I love that grip. Now I'm determined that one will be mine soon, but in a higher caliber. I also got to compare it to a Uberti. The Uberti's are nice, but it was clear that the Ruger has more quality. Anyone have any complaints about their single actions?
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September 16th, 2012, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: wayne nj
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Birds head gripped rugers are great and one is in my want list along with many other guns.
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September 16th, 2012, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NE NSW Australia.
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Originally Posted by bwinters  Birds head gripped rugers are great and one is in my want list along with many other guns. | Yep, join the club mate.
My wish list just keeps growing.....  | |
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September 18th, 2012, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: S.W. Montana, USA.
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Complaints about a Ruger SA???????
Well I do have one:
I WANT A RUGER NEW VAQUERO BIRDSHEAD GRIP 3-1/2" .45ACP!
I've owned Ruger SAs since 1958 & have yet to have a real complaint about them. When Ruger brought out the Vaquero I wished it would have been in a smaller frame, but they have fixed that now. I'm pretty happy with Rugers offerings & quality.
Frank
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September 18th, 2012, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: INDIANA
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I want one for my 6.5" Single-Six...it's aready a great little revolver...the Birds Head Grip would dress it up nice and give me a grip that is just a little more comfortable for me!
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September 18th, 2012, 06:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: 3rd Planet
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Looking at a pair of SS Birdhead 22's now.
Wish money wasn't so tight.
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September 18th, 2012, 07:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Franklin TN
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I love mine!
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September 18th, 2012, 09:20 PM
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#8 | | Retired Gunsmith |
Here's a Single-Six that I modified. This is an aftermarket Qualite birdshead grip frame. I cut down standard XR3RED grips to fit the frame. Feels great, looks decent, and shoots good.  | |
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September 20th, 2012, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NJ
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Iowegan, that is nice.
Sadly, you are retired and living in NE, and I'm in NJ. I put a Brownell's birds head on my .357BH, and the extra weight improved the balance and feel over the aluminum grip frame by a lot. I'm surprised the birds head grip isn't more popular as it seems to distribute the bite from heavy loads much better than the plow handle grip.
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September 20th, 2012, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: S.W. Montana, USA.
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I'll bet that one is fun.
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September 20th, 2012, 10:55 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Okla
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I couldn't decide between the blued and stainless.........so I got both!
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September 20th, 2012, 04:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
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Yes, Iowegan; very nicely done indeed.
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September 20th, 2012, 05:48 PM
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#13 | | Retired Gunsmith |
When I first bought the birdshead grip frame, I mounted it on a 6 1/2" 357 Blackhawk. Besides looking ugly, I found the gun was shooting a couple inches high with the birdshead grip frame. No doubt ... I was "palming" to compensate for recoil. With some practice and sight adjustment, I probably could have overcome it but I just couldn't deal with the disproportional looks. 
Here's the difference in profile ... standard XR3 RED grip panel behind the birdshead frame.  | |
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September 21st, 2012, 08:38 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: S.W. Montana, USA.
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Lowegan
That does look nice.
I'm if a person wanted to make his own, I wonder if he could order a set of birdshead stocks from Ruger & use them as a template for marking the gripframe. Then he'd have one that matched the Ruger profile??
just a thought.
Frank
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September 21st, 2012, 10:27 PM
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#15 | | Retired Gunsmith |
Frank V, A standard grip frame doesn't have enough "meat" in the right places ... namely the back strap to reshape into a birdshead. However, if you are a talented grip maker, you could make the wood thicker at the back to fit thinner frame.
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