PIETTA 1851 51 NAVY CAP & BALL BLACKPOWDER MAGNA-TUSK™ GRIPS ~ JOHN WAYNE ADI

Arizona Custom Grips

PIETTA

1851 Navy

Cap & Ball (Black Powder Percussion)
Revolvers

~ Exclusive ~

  MAGNA-TUSK™ 

JOHN WAYNE FINGERGROOVE STYLE

Aged IVORY GRIPS

Hand cut in the
famous John Wayne Fingergroove style featured in many of his most famous
Westerns, such as True Grit, The War Wagon, The Cowboys, and Rooster Cogburn.  These grips are made out of our exclusive
Magna-Tusk™ Ivory, then aged to perfection -- the highest quality grips of
their type ever available.   An exclusive
of Arizona Custom Grips.  

Milled out of a solid block of Magna-Tusk, denser and
heavier than regular Ivory or Stag.  See
below for details.

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two-PIECE
(with SCREWHOLE) STYLE grips

THIS LISTING IS FOR OUR
TWO-PIECE (SCREWHOLE) STYLE GRIPS

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ONE-PIECE VS. TWO-PIECE STYLE GRIPS EXPLAINED:

Note: One-Piece style grips do not have a visible
screw but instead use an internal spacer to mount the grips.  Two-Piece style grips incorporate a visible
screw, allowing easy and quick removal for cleaning or maintenance of your
revolver.  We manufacture both
types.  Both styles of our grips will
interchange and work on either style of grip frame, no matter how your revolver
is currently set up.  Both styles are
traditional and historical designs and both were originally used on early
Colts, so whichever style you choose is really a matter of personal
preference. 

One-Piece
style grips (i.e., grips with no visible screwhole in the grips) incorporate a spacer
(included with the grips) which is user mounted to the inside of the grip
panels to hold them in place instead of a using a screw.  To ensure optimum fit and best performance, the
spacer is sent unmounted since all gripframes vary slightly in inside
dimensions.  Installation is simple and generally
takes only a few minutes.  Illustrated
instructions included with each order. 
This results in a rock-tight fit, without the need of a screw.  One-Piece grips are preferred by many
collectors for their clean lines and traditional look, and are seen on many
early Colts. Once mounted, they are fully removable by removing the three
backstrap screws, and will not alter your revolver in any way.  Reinstallation is in reverse order. 

Alternatively, our Two-Piece style
grips (i.e., grips with a visible screw) offer the superior convenience of
quick grip removal using only the screw (also included with the grips).  Our Two-Piece style grips also include our
proprietary Conversion Kit, allowing
their use on revolvers that do not have a grip pin in the frame (as is the case
with most Italian-made revolvers and others that currently have a one-piece
style grip).  The Conversion Kit replaces
the need for a grip pin and is actually a stronger design, and allows the grips
to lock up tight on the frame, allowing no movement.  This
requires no modification to your revolver. 
Two-piece grips give you the advantage of easier access to your revolver
for cleaning and maintenance, while preserving the integrity of your revolver
in original factory condition. Two-Piece style grips were also used
on many of the early Colts, and are a traditional and iconic historical design,
offering a distinctive look and convenience preferred by many shooters and collectors.

Fully
illustrated, easy-to-follow mounting instructions are included with every order. 

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The legendary Colt 1851 Navy, a 36 Caliber Cap & Ball
revolver designed by Sam Colt, was manufactured in Hartford, CT starting in the
1850’s and continued on into the 1870’s. 
In 1873, it was superceded by the Colt 1873 Single Action Army, which
fired metallic cartridges and became a legend in its own right. 

To many, the handling qualities and the size and shape of
the Navy grip frame was and is unsurpassed, even by today’s standards.  It was the grip frame that the later Colt
1873 Single Action Army was based on.  As
such, both the ’51 Navy and the 1873 SAA are deemed by many to be two of the
most naturally pointing revolvers ever designed.  With an elegant and svelte profile, the ’51
Navy grip frame facilitates ultra-fast handling, and rapid, instinctive aiming.  It was the preferred sidearm by many seasoned
gunfighters of the Old West.  Bringing
the Navy revolver into quick action by experienced gunmen was more of an
exercise in instinctual tactile feel rather than ponderous, time-consuming
deliberation. 

The Navy revolvers can be easily distinguished from the
later Colt 1873 Single Action Army because they do not have a top strap (the
section of steel located over the top of the cylinder, where the rear sight
trough is located on the 1873). 

WHAT THESE WILL FIT

These grips WILL FIT
the PIETTA 1851 Navy Cap & Ball (Black Powder Percussion) revolvers
ONLY. 

This includes not only
the standard Pietta 1851 Navys, but also “special edition” ’51 Navys, such as
the: “1851 Navy Sheriff,” “1851 Captain
Shaeffer,” “1851 Navy Reb Brass,”  “1851
Navy Buntline,” “1851 Navy Griswold & Gunnison,” “1851 Navy Dlx,” “1851
Navy London,” “1851 Navy Old Silver,” “1851 Navy Pepperbox,” “1851 Navy US
Marshal,” “1851 Confederate Navy,” “1851 Navy Yank,”  and all other 1851 Navy style revolvers with
the standard plowhandle style grip made by Pietta.

IMPORTANT!! (Please read the following in its
entirety):

Please note that over
the years, Pietta has used several different grip frame variations on their revolvers.  To ensure that we send the correct grips, when
ordering please attach a message to your order stating the two-digit code found
in the small rectangular box on your revolver (as shown in the 2^nd
picture in the listing).  If you have a
newer revolver and cannot find the code, please send the first three digits of
your serial number so we can identify your particular revolver.  If we do not hear back from you, we will ship
the most common version of grips to ensure we get these out on time.

Also, please note that
these will NOT fit
the Uberti, Colt, Armi San Marco, or any other make of 1851 Navy revolver.  Please
see our other auctions for these, or send us an email and we will help you
locate what you need. 

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A note on the
Italian-produced Revolvers:

The Italian firms,
located in Northern Italy, have been making SAA style revolvers now for well
over a half century, and have made a huge number of makes and models and grip
frame profiles with varying configurations over the years.  We have an in-depth
knowledge of the differing grip configurations, have a large library of
gripframe variations from the various makers both old and new, and have vast
experience making grips for Uberti, Pietta, Armi San Marco, and the other
Italian gunmaking firms.   Our experienced makers go to great lengths
to ensure an exacting fit, including utilizing modern precision CNC production
techniques, as well as incorporating old-time hand tuning and hand checking the
fit of every grip on our reference frames prior to leaving our factory. 
We have a long list of many satisfied customers in the shooting industry who
have purchased grips to use in a wide variety of applications, and we can
safely and confidently guarantee proper fit and finish to your complete satisfaction.

For an additional
charge, custom fitting is an option.  Please contact us for further
details if you are interested in custom fitting.

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Arizona Custom Grips

About our exclusive Magna-Tusk™ “Hi-Grade”
Ivory and Stag Grips:

Magna-Tusk™ Ivory and Stag grips, an
exclusive of Arizona Custom Grips, are manufactured out of our
super high-grade, ultra-high density material developed exclusively for our
premium grip production.  Vastly superior to standard bonded ivory or
stag found on factory and other aftermarket grips, Magna-Tusk™ is capable of
withstanding the heaviest recoil and impact, and is the toughest alternative grip
material available today, while still retaining the pristine look of real ivory
or stag.  It is completely rock-solid, stable, and water, chemical,
and oil resistant.  It is flame and heat resistant, and is entirely
void-free, with over 10x the strength, durability, and impact resistance of
alternative materials.  Unlike with real ivory or stag, there is no
routine care and maintenance involved, with no danger of it drying out and
cracking if not maintained properly or if left in the heat.  It is
filled with premium natural and synthetic compounds to produce outstanding
aesthetic properties and mechanical performance.  When aged with our
exclusive aging process, it takes on the equivalent of a 100-year-old patina,
with subtle grain details which many experts cannot tell apart from the real
thing.  In addition, the material has a fine grain structure, which
holds intricate detail for carvings, artistic relief work, etc., found on many
historic grips. 

About Our Aging Process:

Unlike
the lightweight artificial yellow plastic materials sometimes offered for sale,
Magna-Tusk aged grips start out as a solid block of white virgin Magna-Tusk
Ivory.  Grip blanks are then milled from
this premium material, incorporating both CNC techniques for blanking and
finishing techniques similar to those used in manufacturing the originals.  They are then carefully aged with our
exclusive aging process, incorporating concentrated UV light (the essential
aging property in natural sunlight). 

Our process produces an authentic appearance and genuine patina
which extends into the surface, just like real ivory or stag.  Not only does this
give it the appearance of authenticity and depth, but this surface will not
chip, crack, or peel like a superficially applied coating.  Accept no substitutes.  With Magna-Tusk aged grips, most experts cannot tell them apart
from a decades-old or even a centuries-old original.  While the quality difference is somewhat
noticeable in the photos, the difference is even more apparent when seen and
handled in person.  Many of our repeat
sales are made by the very customers we sell to, who take their custom-stocked
revolvers to the range or club, where the quality difference is immediately
seen and appreciated by fellow shooters.

Magna-Tusk grips have all the authenticity of the originals, with
several improvements over original materials including increased durability,
and are made to last a lifetime.  They
feature subtle but authentic color mottling, grain variegation, and other
authentic minute details found on original old Ivory and aged Stag, as seen on
many of the revolvers which belonged to gunfighters and lawmen of the Old
West.  Dense, heavy, and solid, Magna-Tusk grips are in a class all their
own. With our exclusive aging process, these grips
are outstanding right out of the box, and will continue to improve over
time.  The more these grips are handled
and used, the better they look!

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Grip screw included
with all grips. 

The photo used is a stock photo (a sample
pair).  Yours will appear similar to these. 

Customer
satisfaction is important to us – Full money back, less shipping, if not fully satisfied!!