PIETTA 1860 ARMY BLACKPOWDER AND CARTRIDGE REVOLVERS; 1P ADI AGED IVORY GRIPS

Arizona Custom Grips

Pietta

1860 Army

Cap & Ball and Cartridge Revolvers (see below):

- Pietta 1860 Army Blackpowder (Cap
and Ball) Percussion Revolvers -

- Pietta 1851 Navy “Yank Steel” (in
.44 Caliber, 1860 sized grip frame) -

- Pietta (Traditions, etc.) Frontier in
.44 Magnum, and select .357 Magnums, with the 1860 sized grip frame -

- Pietta (EMF) Great Western II:
Alchimista I, II, and III -

- Pietta (Cimarron) El Malo II (NOT
the El Malo I)–

- Pietta (Cimarron) Eliminator -

- and other Pietta Revolvers with the
1860 Army sized gripframe -

~see below for specific details~

~ Exclusive ~

  MAGNA-TUSK™ 

Aged distressed ivory 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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oNE-PIECE
(nO SCREWHOLE) STYLE

THIS AUCTION IS FOR OUR
ONE-PIECE (NO SCREWHOLE) STYLE GRIPS.  SEE BELOW.

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Note: Two-Piece grips,
in addition to a visible screw, have a grip pin installed in the frame to help hold
them in place.  One-Piece grips (grips
with no visible screw) use a spacer between the panels, with no screw and no grip
pin.  BOTH styles of our grips will
interchange and work on either style of grip frame.  See below.

One-Piece style grips (i.e., grips
which do not have a visible screwhole in the grips) incorporate a user
installed spacer between the grip panels, as seen on many of the early
Colts.  This results in a rock-tight fit,
without the need of a screw.  Preferred
by many collectors for their clean lines and traditional look, One-Piece style
grips are removed by removing the three backstrap screws, and pulling the grip
and backstrap backwards.  Reinstallation
is in reverse order.  Our One-Piece style
grips will work on either style gripframe (either One-Piece or Two-Piece style grip
frames).  Fully illustrated instructions
included for quick and easy installation.

Alternatively, our Two-Piece style
grips (i.e., grips with a visible screw) offer the superior convenience of
quick grip removal.  Unlike with
One-Piece grips, the backstrap need not be removed to remove the grips for
cleaning and maintenance of the revolver. 
Our Two-Piece grips include a free Conversion kit (allowing their use on One-Piece style frames) which
replaces the need for a grip pin and is actually a stronger design, and allows
the grips to lock up tight, allowing no movement.  This
requires no modification to your revolver and gives you the advantage of the
ease of maintenance of Two-Piece grips, 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 collectors.

Fully illustrated, detailed instructions
are included with each set of grips.  22010345

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WHAT THESE WILL FIT:

(Note: Please read these
paragraphs thoroughly, including the “Will NOT Fit” section below).  

These grips WILL FIT all of the
following: 

Blackpowder Revolvers:

          * Pietta 1860 Army .44 Caliber Blackpowder (Cap
& Ball Percussion) revolvers;

          * Pietta 1851
Navy Steel Frame Blackpowder Revolvers in .44 Caliber Only (Note: these have the 1860 Army (3-1/2” tall)
sized gripframe; these grips will NOT fit the other 51 Navy’s with the shorter
3-1/8” gripframe); 

Cartridge Revolvers:

* Pietta (Traditions, etc.) Frontier .44 Magnum
(and a few .357 Magnum Frontiers using the 3-1/2” tall 1860 grip frame);

* Pietta (EMF) Great Western II Alchimista I,
II, or III;

* Cimarron El Malo II (Note: will NOT fit the El
Malo I);

* Cimarron Eliminator;

*
AND ALL other Pietta Cartridge
Firing revolvers using the
1860 Army sized (3-1/2” high) grip frame. 

To make sure you are
ordering the correct grip, please check your grip frame measurement
prior to ordering.  Your grips or grip frame should measure somewhere
around 3-1/2” tall, depending on how you hold your ruler,
tape, or caliper.  The important thing is to make sure they are NOT around
3-1/16 – 3-1/8” tall, which requires our standard (shorter) 1873 SAA sized
grip.  Please contact us if you have any questions, or cannot find the
proper grip, and we will be happy to help.

What these will NOT fit: 

These grips are made to
fit ONLY Pietta revolvers, and will NOT fit
anything made by Uberti, Armi San Marco, Colt, or any other manufacturer. 
If you have one of these other makes of revolvers and cannot find the grip you
need, please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Also, please note that
these will NOT fit the Bisley, the Birdshead, the
Thunderer, Thunderball, or the Lightning style revolvers, which use a
completely different

We also offer these Custom Fit to your revolver gripframe in
separate auction listings, for those interested.

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Arizona Custom Grips

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

 Our Ivory grips, an exclusive of Arizona Custom Grips,
are made out of a premium high-grade, ultra-high density ivory material (Magna-Tusk™), designed from the ground
up as a premium grip material to greatly improve on the inherent fragility and
weakness of the cheaper Bonded Ivory used on just about all factory and regular
aftermarket ivory grips today.  Standard
Bonded Ivory is brittle, and tends to weaken and develop stress fractures over
time with repeated use, firing, and handling. 
Magna-Tusk™ is capable of withstanding the heaviest recoil and impact,
and is the toughest alternative Ivory grip material available today, while
still retaining the pristine look of real ivory.  These grips are not
cast or made out of an inferior, lightweight material, but are heavy and dense,
carefully milled out of a solid block, one at a time.  Magna-Tusk is completely rock-solid, stable,
and water, chemical, and oil resistant.  It is flame and heat
resistant, will not melt like Urethane or plastic, and is entirely void-free,
with over 10x the strength, durability, and impact resistance of alternative
materials.  Unlike with real ivory, 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 produced with 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 most 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:

We
go to great efforts to ensure that our Aged Ivory not only looks similar to real aged ivory, but in fact looks
identical to the real thing.  Our Magna-Tusk blanks will produce an aged
Ivory grip unlike any other material made today.  Through our slow aging process, these grips become
beautifully mottled, variegated, and weathered just like old, antique Ivory, and incorporate other authentic details
found on original old Ivory as seen on many of the revolvers which belonged to
gunfighters and lawmen of the Old West. 
As with real aged Ivory, no two are exactly the same.  Our process produces an authentic appearance
and genuine patina which extends deep into the surface.  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.  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 grips to the range or
club, where our grips are immediately seen and noticed by others.  We are also capable of producing them with a
“clean” aged look if required (i.e., without the mottling, etc.), which is a
simpler process, although most would agree that they do not look quite as
authentic as our regular aged grips.  If
you are interested in ordering grips for a Brace of pistols, please order both
sets together, so we can ensure a good matchup. 

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

Customer
satisfaction is important to us – we guarantee we will do our best to ensure
your complete satisfaction!!