Quote:
Originally Posted by UncleEd
Back in the day, meaning probably well before you were born,
the fate of many of the Smith stocks was the bin for unwanted
and unliked stuff. Replacement even in the 1960s or
through the 1980s were "custom" stocks or Goodyear
stocks.
So Smith started making Goodyear stocks the norm and
then the buying public wanted the old style stocks back.
The new style Classic stocks are not bad and actually fit my
hand better than the fatter old style stocks that were
standard back when.
|
HI Uncle Ed,
IMHO, THE PROBLEM WITH THE S&W GOODYEARS IS THAT THEY HAVE FINGER GROOVES. MASSAD AYOOB, THE HIGHLY REGARDED SHOOTING CHAMPION, GUN WRITER, AND TACTICAL TRAINER, STATES THAT FINGER GROOVE STOCKS, ONLY FIT 1/10TH OF THE SHOOTING PUBLIC. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM NOT ONE OF THE 10%.........
GIVEN THAT MOST MODERN S&W REVOLVERS, ARE BUILT ON ROUND BUTT FRAMES, I HAVE RESORTED TO REPLACING THE GOODYEARS, WITH AHRENDS, SMOOTH, TACTICAL, ROUND FRAME TO SQUARE GRIP CONVERSIONS.........