UBERTI BIRDSHEAD MAGNA-TUSK™ 1P AGED IVORY GRIPS ~ Cattleman Stallion ~ Cimarron

Arizona
Custom Grips

UBERTI

BIRDSHEAD 1873
SINGLE ACTION ARMY STYLE REVOLVER

(Cattleman
Birdshead, Stallion Birdshead, Doc Holliday Birdshead, Bonney 1873 Cattleman
Birdshead, Kenda Leseigne Birdshead, Short Stroke CMS Pro Birdshead, etc.)

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MAGNA-TUSK™   

Aged Ivory GRIPS

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

The
Uberti Birdshead is the ideal concealable revolver for today’s Western
enthusiast. The Bird’s Head grip design has been incorporated into Uberti’s Cattleman series
of 1873 Single Action Army revolvers in both standard and Stallion designs.
They are available in various barrel lengths and calibers.

The Bird’s Head grip was originally designed for Colt
Derringers in the 1850s. In 1877, Colt incorporated the distinctive and
comfortable grip style into full-frame revolvers called Bird’s Head
Colts.

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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
grip 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.  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.  04072200

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WHAT
THESE WILL FIT (Please read this through in its entirety):

Brand New, unused grips for the
UBERTI BIRDSHEAD 1873 Single Action Army style revolvers.  These
grips will fit all Uberti Birdshead
revolvers, no matter who they are marketed through in the United States (Navy
Arms, Cimarron, Taylors & Co., Stoeger, etc.).  

*PLEASE NOTE – IMPORTANT!!:  

If your Birdshead revolver is a “Doc Holliday” 1873 Cattleman birdshead, a
“Uberti Bonney” 1873 Cattleman birdshead,
a “Kenda Leseigne (CMS Pro) birdshead”,
a “Cattleman Stallion” birdshead, or a
“Uberti Short Stroke CMS Pro” birdshead,
please let us know via email immediately after the purchase, as these have special
grip requirements.  Also, if you could
send a picture of your gripframe, that would be helpful.  If you do not have one of these specially
designated Birdshead revolvers, you have a standard birdshead and there is no
need to send an email.

WHAT THESE WILL NOT FIT: this auction is for a Birdshead style grip, which has a smooth
curve on the backstrap, and will NOT
fit the somewhat similar Thunderer style revolvers (also made by Uberti and
marketed by Cimarron), which have a hump on the backstrap.  Please
take a look at the pictures carefully to note the difference.  If you
have a Thunderer style grip, please visit our store or check our other auctions
to find the correct grip.  Or you can also click “Uberti” under our
Store Categories section at the left of this page.  

Please send us an email and tell us your
specific model if you cannot locate what you need, or if you have any
questions.  We are always happy to help.

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 Magna-Tusk™ Ivory
and Stag Grips:

 Magna-Tusk™ Ivory and Stag grips, a
product of Arizona Custom Grips, are manufactured out of our
high-grade, high density ivory material designed exclusively as a premium,
high-strength grip material.  Vastly
superior to standard bonded ivory or stag found on most 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
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 compounds to produce outstanding aesthetic properties and
mechanical performance.  When aged with our natural 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.  

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About Our Aging Process:

We
go to great efforts to ensure that our Aged Ivory or Stag not only looks similar to, 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.  Our aged grips feature an
authentic aged patina, just like the originals, with a process incorporating
concentrated U.V. light (the essential aging property in natural sunlight), along
with a developer/control agent that is put on the grips to carefully control
U.V. absorption, in a sealed, high-oxygen environment to accelerate the natural
aging process. 

Through
this 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, Magna-Tusk develops
a variegated patina due to its authentic grain structure, and natural aging
produces an authentic appearance and genuine patina which extends into and
below 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, where our grips are immediately seen and noticed
by others.  If you are interested in
ordering grips for a Brace of pistols, please order both sets together, and we
will ensure a better matchup when selecting pairs. 

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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Please note that the photo used is a stock photo (a
sample pair).  Yours will appear similar to these. 

Customer
satisfaction is important to us – we guarantee your complete satisfaction with
every purchase!!