PIETTA BIRDSHEAD MAGNA-TUSK™ AGED IVORY GRIPS ~ Taylors & Co. 1873 Birdshead

Arizona Custom Grips

PIETTA

BIRDSHEAD and/or 1873 BIRDSHEAD
REVOLVERS

~ Exclusive ~

  MAGNA-TUSK™  iVORY

Brand New!!

Note: Our grips feature the historically correct Colt two-piece
design (with a screw), which is the original configuration as developed by Colt
on their Lightning and Thunderer revolvers.

ALL OF OUR TWO-PIECE GRIPS WILL WORK ON ONE-PIECE GRIP FRAMES

We include, free of
charge, a conversion kit which allows these two-piece grips to mount onto a
one-piece style grip frame (without a grip pin in the frame).  Our
conversion kit replaces the need for a grip pin and is actually a stronger
design, and locks the grips tightly against the frame, allowing no
movement.  This gives you the advantage of the ease of maintenance of
two-piece grips, while preserving the integrity of your revolver in original
factory condition.  Easy installation instructions, along with grip
screw included.  6.3.20

WHAT THESE WILL FIT

Brand New, unused grips
for the PIETTA BIRDSHEAD, 1873 BIRDSHEAD, OR similar revolvers,
MADE BY PIETTA, and marketed
in the U.S. by importers such as Taylors & Co.

Please note that these WILL NOT FIT Birdshead revolvers
made by any other manufacturer, such as Uberti, Ruger, etc.

This auction is for the
revolvers which have the SMOOTH
curved Birdshead-style backstrap, and will NOT
fit the somewhat similar Pietta Thunderball style, which has a “humped”-curved
backstrap.  Please take a close look at the pictures to note the
difference.  If you have a Thunderball
(humped-curve) style grip, please visit our store or check our other auctions
to find the correct grip.  Or you can also click “Pietta” under our
Store Categories section at the left of this page.  Feel free to
email if you have any questions.

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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!!