Nice original gun without any tinkering. The K frame hard rubber stocks will fit that revolver and would be a welcome change from the 2X4 approach to custom stocks. My Frontier revolver also had whittled wood stocks and I put early 1900s Model 1905 stocks on the gun from ebay. Places like Vintage Gun Grips also have reproductions available. The only difference between the top-break stocks and the K frame stocks is that the front lower corner of the butt-frame on the top-breaks are fairly sharp corners, where the K frame has a more rounded corner.
Walnut stocks were also available and almost the same as the ones available for the Model 1899 in the early 1900s. You can see the slight differences between the 44 DA and the 38 HE frames in the image below and the walnut stocks that were factory originals. These early walnut stocks are getting quite pricey.
Can you take a picture of the lower rear of the butt-frame to show how the square conversion stocks were made?
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Gary
SWCA 2515
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