What are these?

[CLP]

I was perusing the interweb for GP100 stocks and saw these on Hogue's website.
Now, forget the grips and tell me if I'm seeing an optical illusion or is there some kind of cap/cover that fills the scalloped portion of the frame just behind the cylinder?
I've zoomed in and I've zoomed out. I can't figure if it's the lighting or if maybe that part of the frame was polished- but it looks like there's a cheap hubcap somehow pressed into that scallop. Does anyone else see what I'm seeing?
I can talk myself into thinking it's photographic artifact or illusion on the side with the cylinder release- but the scalloped portion on the other side of the frame appears convex. The last they were checked, my vision was 20/10. Is it time to get an updated exam?

 

[DT Guy]

I see it.

I have no idea what it is.

It's quite odd....


Larry

 

[Zaydok Allen]

That does look like a convex curve to me too. Odd.

 

[bannockburn]

CLP

Yes it's an optical illusion. Pretty sure it's caused by the lighting, creating the visual effect you're referring to. Possibly the stainless steel of the Redhawk has been altered to enhance the appearance of the grips themselves so they stand out more. Check out the Redhawk photos on Ruger's website and you'll see what they normally look like.

 

[chicharrones]

Lighting plays with my eyes quite often. Sometimes I have to get my eyes away from whatever doesn't look right for a while and come back to it later. Sometimes much later.

 

[ray15]

It looks to me like they've got a light shining from the muzzle end to the rear of the gun that is casting a shadow in the scalloped area that confuses the eye.

 

[9mmepiphany]

Is it time to get an updated exam?

Might be.

I can see what you are referring to at a quick glance...but you'd implanted it with your narrative. Just rolling my cursor over the picture shows that what you're seeing is just a lighting artifact

 

[Jim Watson]

It is just the lighting and angle.

But wouldn't it be a kewl place to put a decorative insert?

 

[CLP]

CLP

Yes it's an optical illusion. Pretty sure it's caused by the lighting, creating the visual effect you referring to. Possibly the stainless steel of the Redhawk has been altered to enhance the appearance of the grips themselves so they stand out more. Check out the Redhawk photos on Ruger's website and you'll see what they normally look like.

I have a Redhawk. And the appearance compared to the picture is so vastly different I started the thread. I've been running sleep deprived for the past 7 months (new son)- so I'm chalking it up to impaired vision, but danged if it doesn't look like something is pressed in there!

Update: I think it becomes clear, when viewing it from behind, that there's nothing pressed onto the frame.

 

[chicharrones]

I have a Redhawk. And the appearance compared to the picture is so vastly different I started the thread. I've been running sleep deprived for the past 7 months (new son)- so I'm chalking it up to impaired vision, but danged if it doesn't look like something is pressed in there!

Update: I think it becomes clear, when viewing it from behind, that there's nothing pressed onto the frame.

Also keep in mind that photo studios have lighting layouts that can eliminate a single source of light, which can play with how we perceive shadows.

 

[Varminterror]

Optical illusion - the concave scallop is scattering light away from the camera, and they have soft lights in front and slightly in rear of the revolver (from our/camera perspective). Been there, accidentally made the same lighting mistake myself. Personally, I noticed it in post and retouched to eliminate the eye catching lighting error... because once you see it, it's the only thing you see, and unfortunately, it completely distracts and detracts from anything else in the photo. Just one of those things which can happen when you're not using natural lighting - the result in studio can sometimes look unnatural... Humans aren't used to the idea of having more than one SUN in their life, and equally, we've lit the interior of our homes from limited sources ABOVE. Studio lights can make some very challenging effects in compound surfaces, since the human eye uses shadows to establish depth.

 

[USSR]

Photoshopped to cause bewilderment and threads like this to draw attention to vastly overpriced $200 grips.

Don

 

[DT Guy]

Photoshopped to cause bewilderment and threads like this to draw attention to vastly overpriced $200 grips.

Don

Where could you find them cheaper?

Larry

 

[USSR]

Where could you find them cheaper?

Larry

Larry,

IMHO, they are ugly as sin, and I would never buy anything that looked like that.

Don

 

[DT Guy]

Larry,

IMHO, they are ugly as sin, and I would never buy anything that looked like that.

Don

So you don't like them; fair enough. When you said they were 'overpriced' I thought you meant something similar could be had at cheaper prices. I like Hogue grips, and would have been interested in a less expensive equivalent, hence my question.


Larry

 

[Panzerschwein]

Larry,

IMHO, they are ugly as sin, and I would never buy anything that looked like that.

Don

+1

 

[Jim K]

There is no "concave scallop" on that side of the Ruger frame. I don't know what it is either.

Jim

 

[pauli]

Just a simple optical illusion.

 

[Panzerschwein]

I don't see it. I do suppose a magnetic "bulboid" metallic blister could be installed if so desired, though.

 

[Dave T]

This overly large "grip" changes the grip angle, so if you're used to shooting your Ruger with the original stocks, you're going to have to learn its pointing characteristics all over again. Also, this one lowers the shooters hand, relative to the axis of the bore. That means the gun will recoil more (felt recoil) and the shooter will experience more muzzle rise with each shot.

The positives are...

Dave

 

[RugRev]

"So you don't like them; fair enough. When you said they were 'overpriced' I thought you meant something similar could be had at cheaper prices. I like Hogue grips, and would have been interested in a less expensive equivalent, hence my question." -DT Guy

They can be found for less by eliminating a number of options. First, the Kingwood raises cost as is relatively rare. Other woods are offered. The grips have checkering which is an option and another option is the grip cap. To get total control over the options you have to use Hogue's webstore:

https://www.hogueinc.com/grips/ruger/gp100/wood

Two asides. One, the pictured gun is a GP100, not Redhawk. Two, not often mentioned Hogue offers an optional service much like Herrett's wherein the grip can be sized to one's hand if desired at a cost.

 

[9mmepiphany]

So you don't like them; fair enough. When you said they were 'overpriced' I thought you meant something similar could be had at cheaper prices. I like Hogue grips, and would have been interested in a less expensive equivalent, hence my question.


Larry

That is the commonly understood meaning of "overpriced" and I was interested in hearing about a less expensive alternative also. (Without the fancy wood and checkering, MSRP is $80)

I used Hogue Monogrips on the revolvers I carried for work before I changed over to carrying a 9mm pistol. They fit really well, were vastly superior to factory stocks, and enhanced the pointing qualities.

I've only moved away from the classic Hogue shape when I started competing and switched over to the Hogue Miculek stocks.

 

[USSR]

Since some of you seem to have a problem understanding what I mean when I state "overpriced", what I mean is "overpriced for what you get". What you are getting is nothing more than a commercially produced set of grips made out of a laminate; not even a real piece of wood. If I were to drop 2 bills on a set of grips, I would go the route of a custom set of grips made from a piece of presentation grade wood like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/S-W-K-L-Sq...d=121671245637&_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850. Just me.

Don

 

[Waveski]

" laminate; not even a real piece of wood" .....
Two halves , made of solid wood stock and glued together in an almost seamless fashion , do not a "laminate" make. Laminating involves manufacturing a material from multiple layers. It is ok that you do not like these particular grips , but to say that they are " not even a real piece of wood" is simply inaccurate.

 

[USSR]

" laminate; not even a real piece of wood" .....
Two halves , made of solid wood stock and glued together in an almost seamless fashion , do not a "laminate" make. Laminating involves manufacturing a material from multiple layers. It is ok that you do not like these particular grips , but to say that they are " not even a real piece of wood" is simply inaccurate.

Okay, laminate boy, I know what a laminate is, and I know what a single piece of wood is. Those grips are made from a laminate just like most of Altamont's grips are. So it appears I left out a word: "not even a real single piece of wood". Who'd have thunk that a guy would like something that's glued together.

Don