Black RZR Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 So I heard I can convert my new vaqueros to birdheads by just changing out grips and frame. Same springs same hammers no internal mods... this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Read this, lots of fitting required https://singleactions.proboards.com/thread/26528/brass-grip-frames-ronnie-wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black RZR Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 Well dang I guess I'll just have to buy a new pair guns with birdheads ready on them...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black RZR Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 What I really want are the Cimarron thunderers in 44-40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Law Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Black RZR said: So I heard I can convert my new vaqueros to birdheads by just changing out grips and frame. Same springs same hammers no internal mods... this true? Yes, I just did it. It's not that difficult, just a couple of files. a vice with soft jaws and a little time. It was a time consuming project. With filing and fitting them filing and fitting and me having so little available free time it took me about a week to do the pair. If you could sit and do it in a single setting, being a novice at it like me, I'd say you could fit a pair in a solid day maybe a little longer. I then made my own zebrawood grips for them. Midway usually has the factory grip frames in stock. JEL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waimea Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 10 hours ago, Black RZR said: Well dang I guess I'll just have to buy a new pair guns with birdheads ready on them...... That's what I did. Much more satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.K. Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I converted mine with a Brownells stainless birds head grip and there was a little fitting, but nothing too bad. I did it in one afternoon. You should give it a shot, Its a lot cheaper Pard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger #3720LR Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Can't go wrong with another pair of guns! Gives you more choices in the safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 11 hours ago, Black RZR said: Well dang I guess I'll just have to buy a new pair guns with birdheads ready on them...... You say that like it's a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Law Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Hendo said: You say that like it's a bad thing. Trouble is finding them. I've been wanting a set of the Ruger Talo 3.5" vaqueros in 357 for 2 years. Can't find them anywhere. JEL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 These are a little different - .45 acp, but also work fine with C45S too. I came across one pair three years ago for $805, new-in-box, and consecutively numbered. After confirming the price was for both and not just one, I jumped on them. I had to have an identical backup, so a third one joined them last year, then six weeks later, a local pard pointed one out to me on guntrader.com, new-in-box, at a great price only six miles away from me, so now I have four. Then I decided they all needed new shoes, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, Three Foot Johnson said: These are a little different - .45 acp, but also work fine with C45S too. I came across one pair three years ago for $805, new-in-box. After confirming the price was for both and not just one, I jumped on them. I had to have an identical backup, so a third one joined them last year, then another pard pointed out one to me on guntrader.com, new-in-box, at a great price only six miles away from me, so now I have four. Then I decided they all needed new shoes, so... Sweet golly once again I have a case of gun envy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 those look super , id be in for one of those i think , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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