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I lucked into my second set today.





My first set came with a gun



anyone care to share their sets also ?
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Wish I had some to share...

Did the NT-430s just come on Model 29s?
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Did the NT-430s just come on Model 29s?
I just did a quick check and yes that is correct.
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WOW! Now Im tellin you boy those are eye poppers!
If your knees dont knock when you see them on an N frame,you are are in the morgue. Nice find. Best.
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Those are just plain excellent! It seems to me that most of the factory Birdseye Maple grips I have seen are darker in color than the newer made ones. Would this be natural aging or not?

Kurac's roasted grips are similar.
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I am fortunate to have a Pre-18 that came to me with Birdseye Maple stocks and a custom case: K247278.





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Diamond birdseye....That is very neat package David
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Paul and David,
Those are Beauties. Wish i had a pair to share with everybody
but sadly i do not.
Amazing stuff fellas. Thanks for sharing.

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Really nice find Paul. They look like new.

Put them on a nickle N frame and show us more pics

I daydream of finding a nice K frame set. Someday i will find a pair.
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Wow, those target stocks are fabulous.

David's diamond magna stocks are also out of this world.
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Oh wow! What a find!

Congrats!
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Thank you both for sharing the images of those spectacular stocks.
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A 27-2 with a set of Kurac smooth magnas...







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if I recall correctly, that beautiful pinto is a 44 Special??? Remind me of the story - please.
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The story.

Well I Moseyed up to the gun counter.......I figured you'd like I used that term. Spotted the grips......no really.... I didn't see the gun at all.
Saw the price tag.....950 bucks....thought geez how can I get this and remain alive. Put the gun back down and started driving home.

I called Kris/410 bore.....he would still talk to me back then.
He said get back there and get the gun the stupid grips are worth 600.
His words......not mine.... I can assure you.

Well I called the shop then and there with the I'll take it.

Then the wait Roy was very backed up at the time.
I was sure it was legit but the lack of those pesky N's left room for doubt.

It is 45 ACP Richard.....and came with those unrelieved stocks.


OOPS left out the part where it was there for over a week before I got it.
I'm also not thrilled they marked it dash 2 and not dash 1.....I'm sensitive that way

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Well I Moseyed up to the gun counter.......I figured you'd like I used that term. Spotted the grips......no really.... I didn't see the gun at all.
Saw the price tag.....950 bucks....thought geez how can I get this and remain alive. Put the gun back down and started driving home.

I called Kris/410 bore.....he would still talk to me back then.
He said get back there and get the gun the stupid grips are worth 600.
His words......not mine.... I can assure you.

Well I called the shop then and there with the I'll take it.

Then the wait Roy was very backed up at the time.
I was sure it was legit but the lack of those pesky N's left room for doubt.

It is 45 ACP Richard.....and came with those unrelieved stocks.


OOPS left out the part where it was there for over a week before I got it.
I'm also not thrilled they marked it dash 2 and not dash 1.....I'm sensitive that way

HA!! I still talk to you!!! And you remember who made you buy that thing if you ever go selling it!
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There is no selling that one......my son loves it
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Thanks for posting yours Model39
The set on that sweet 35 are they factory ?
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Birds eye maple stocks "customized" by Alvin White. click on the photo for a better look.

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They don't get any nicer than that Bill.

Someday I'm going to find one of those original Ropers in Birdseye
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Ok, here's another one to add to my wish list. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing, all of you.
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This 25-2, N25000, was shipped with birds eye maple stocks and an 8 3/8-inch barrel in 1972. click on the photo for a better look.

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Bill what is the vintage of those 25-2's Birdseye ?
They appear to be flush escutcheon ?
Also anything stamped on the back side?
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Here are a couple of the Birdseye Maples I own. I've included a pair of Tiger Stripe Maple Ropers. Their not Birdseye, I hope you don't mind.
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A set of K-frame Magnas in maple. Probably more rare than birds eye.

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The set on that sweet 35 are they factory ?
Yes they are factory. The gun was a special order (RP,W/O Target Trigger) and came with those grips, and a checkered pair of GA target grips. I bought the gun from a dealer in Conn. who had ordered it that way in the early 70's. I presently have put a pair of Farrant grips on the gun. This would be one of the last guns I would ever part with.
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Here two of my Maple stocks. I've also included a pair of Roper carved Birdseye Maples.
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My late friend Richard Lea, former service manager of the Smith&Wesson service department told me the factory had experimented with target grips being shaped at the bottom similar to the "J" frame style as some people didn't like the sharp edges found on all standard factory target grips. I also confirmed this with a friend who worked in the service department. I posted these before, and many thought I was wrong. These have black washers on the back and the screw escutcheons are recessed which means they were made sometime between 1968 and 1974. They are displayed on a 1970 17-3. There is absolutely no evidence these grips have been worked on outside the factory. The finish is perfect, and the grips are a perfect copy of the "J" frame target grip.

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weatherby...The stocks on the 25-2 have the "old style" escutcheon and nut, but were shipped on the revolver in 1972. They are stamped on the underside just like the ones you posted.

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Its looking like all the Massachusetts guys except for me have multiple sets of beautiful birdseye stocks.

If James posts pictures of his I might just jump…..
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Thanks....I find it interesting in that some of these stocks were either stored or held in reserve for quite a time.
Also wondering if any K target ones are known I don't recall seeing any
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A pair of K-frame, non-relieved target stocks by S&W. Only pair I have seen. Also, two pairs by Keith Brown. The set on the left is darker wood overall than most birds eye maple.

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After fine walnut Birdseye maple is probably my favorite wood. I've not yet lucked into a factory set but am always on the lookout. The Alvin White set is the top of the woodpile !


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Found my first set of magna ones today.
They are K frame.
They seem a bit unusual to me as they have flush eschuetons but silver washers.

Had to see what they would look like on a gun
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They are K frame.
They seem a bit unusual to me as they have flush eschuetons but silver washers.
Where do you keep finding these??? Am I not looking hard enough?
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Yes wrong area.....You are too far from the Birdseye tree.

Did I mention there may be 3 more sets
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They are K frame.
They seem a bit unusual to me as they have flush eschuetons but silver washers.
Fantastic find!
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I'm in the process of building a Southern Mountain Rifle and had ordered a premium tiger striped maple instead of more period correct plain maple or cherry. I figured if I was going to build a beautiful rifle with a 46" swamped Rice barrel and all the other great pieces it might as well have an outstanding piece of wood wrapped around it. I wrote a note off to John about using the same process that has been used for centuries to bring out the grain of maple using "Aqua Fortis" or nitric acid and iron on a pair of grips in either bird's eye or tiger striped maple. He told me that the process he uses is roasting and he has gotten some good reports. I ordered up a pair of "Coke Profile" square butt N-framed grips from him and have been told it will be out to June before he is tooled up for that particular grip, I'm willing to wait.
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