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Originally Posted by gkitch View Post
So the high-horn grips were ALWAYS optional? Even the early Centennials may have come with either grip?
My references show that the early Centennials were offered with checked diamond walnut or smooth wood high horned stocks. The Model 40s had checked diamond walnut Magna style stocks or smooth high horned wood stocks. The question as to whether the earlier Centennial standard checked stocks were Magna or high horned is a question someone else might want to answer. In Jinks' History of Smith & Wesson, 1977 edition, on page 230 there is a picture of a circa 1969 Centennial with smooth stocks that are NOT high-horn, so that further clouds the issue. That's about all I can discover for you.

John
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