My wife owns a S&W 1917 that I feel is unwise to shoot a great deal, so I picked up a 5" S&W 38 Spl M&P for her. The M&P is a nice gun, but a bit puny in her eyes. She loves her stainless New Bearcat, so when we saw a lightly used New Vaquero at an LGS, I asked her what she thought of it. She liked it then and likes it now. It has the "thump" that is missing with the 38 Spl but is still pleasant to shoot and I am very impressed with Ruger. The action is butter smooth, the cylinder actually stops rotating with a chamber under the loading gate, and the grip feel is night and day better than a New Model Blackhawk/Single Six.
Fast forward a few years and we would like to make a few changes. I need to buy a holster for it and she would like wood grips to match her Bearcat. I am also considering swapping in a SBH hammer both to pair better with her Bearcat and for the lower, wider hammer spur.
Any recommendations for grips? Are the Ruger wood grips worth purchasing? If not, Eagle grips or? I am still window shopping for holsters, no rush because she doesn't wear a gun as much as I do.
P.S. I never understood the appeal of the Peacemaker or the 45 Colt. My 629 Mountain Gun or SBH and the .44 Magnum were obviously superior in my mind, I don't think I even fired more than 5 rounds of .45 Colt before we bought my wife's New Vaquero. Consider me a convert now - I really understand what I was missing. The round seems as mild as the 44 Spl, but packs a wallop. The grip size/shape, weight, and balance of the New Vaquero makes it feel better to me than my Mountain Gun and that's pretty high praise.
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