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Originally Posted by jframe
Just traded for a really nice square butt Model 37 snub in nickel. The SCSW dates it to 1975-1976. Never had much experience with the square butt J frames, but the only concealability compromise I can imagine with it, is if it's carried in the pocket. I would think all other modes would work as well as a round butt. Any of y'all have any preferences on these guns? I've got a later Model 642-1 that I pocket carry frequently, but this little gun was too pretty to resist. I guess you can't have enough of them, huh? May post a pic if I can get my wonderful modern tech iphone to send it.
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I thought when I started buying Smith's that I would only want round butts. I just liked how they looked. My first Smith ended up being a Model 15-3 which is a K frame and only comes in square butt, even the snubbie. I have grown to love it. It is in fact quite possibly my favorite handgun of all time now. It is blued and beautiful. It got me used to the idea of square butt guns. While at the show I had originally intended to walk out with a nickel Detective Special from Colt or a nickel 36 round butt. Once I held the round butt, it just didn't feel right in my hands at all. So I started to not care for the 36, but then it hit me like a brick, why not try a square butt? Without ever holding one in my hands, I ordered one online, in great shape with box and papers for a pretty decent price compared to anything else I saw online. It fits great in my hand and while it posses a very slight difference in concealability its hardly noticeable. Just that one corner pokes out slightly if I'm wearing the wrong shirt. Still absolutely love it. I have no immediate plans to ever buying any round butt J frames. I want several in SB now. I love the 32 long, so I am looking at a Model 31 since it's all square butt. They are great. They also carry very well in my pocket when I go take my dog out at night. I have, however, a Taurus 605 which is a round butt gun and I put smith style magna grips on it and it feels great and I believe they are the same size as the Smith J frames, but the gun is a little bigger since it's a 5 shot .357 and it is bad with a capital BAD. I truly adore that gun and it looks old-school as funk. However I'm not here to push Taurus to anyone haha. I've heard all kinds of good and bad stories about them, but it is a sweet sweet pistol. Anyhow, yeah, square butt J frames are my favorite in that frame size now. Never thought I'd even want a square butt period and now my only 2 Smith's are both square butt. Still want round for my snub 19 and 10, but I really do like square butts on the right gun.