I had hoped to do a 'practice run' on a stainless gun I had first, not wanting to deal with blueing/reblueing. I switched to a 'blued' one (unfinished non-stainless) and got it within a week. I ordered a stainless one from MidwayUSA but after ten months they finally said they kept trying and trying to get one from Ruger, but so few came and I was way down the list of people having already ordered them. "swap" one, which would mean fitting TWO of them, and if the frame was wider than the grip I didn't want to have to file or grind on a frame. That told me that I may want to just buy a separate 'oversize' new frame vs. I was going to swap them just for a test-run, and I guess I could have (one was stainless and the other not), since the fit was fine mechanically, but there would clearly need to be lots of final fitting so the frame and grip were smooth where joining. I strongly prefer the Super Blackhawk wide but 'tall' hammer, and flatter trigger, so I didn't swap out those parts. You don't have to swap hammer and trigger, but most folks do. Here's a forum thread on the Ruger grips I found very helpful - /viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34247 I put a Bisley grip frame on my Super Blackhawk, after getting a Vaquero Bisley from a forum member and liking the grip way better.
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