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Old 07-16-2017, 05:47 PM
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When magna stocks were introduced in the 1930s, there was a very definite shoulder line at the top of each cheek piece (which is S&W's own term for the two parts of a stock set). After WWII, when N frame and commercial K-frame revolvers began to be assembled again, that sharp shoulder was still there, but over the next decade the profile evolved to a more rounded profile and the sharp break in the upper contour disappeared. The profile is just a handy distinction for dating stocks that are otherwise very similar to one another.

The major distinction between prewar and immediate postwar stocks is that the checking fields in the postwar stocks have rounded corners, while field corners are angular -- even pointed, at the top -- before the war.
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