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Coke Grips ??
They kind of look like cokes,what do you think ?
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K frame grips on a mdl.66.
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Coke Grips
I'm no expert on Coke grips, but the narrower
space at the bottom from the base to the lower checkering indicates what other descriptions have said were Coke grips if they are N Frames.
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Are they K frames Dick? The checkered area is a little larger than typical, but doesn't wrap around as much as the other Cokes that I've seen. Also there should be more of a coke bottle shape from the back.
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Yes, they’re Cokes.
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Are they K frames Dick? The checkered area is a little larger than typical, but doesn't wrap around as much as the other Cokes that I've seen. Also there should be more of a coke bottle shape from the back.
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Yes .they fit a k frame,won`t fit a N frame.
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I've seen conflicting information on this site about the K frame having Coke grips. The SCS W says that they were made. But they really were developed for N frames.
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Why
What was the reason for not making diamond cokes? And the same query on any of the diamond grips? Also pinned and recessed? I'm going to venture a guess at cost, but why didn't/couldn't they apply that as an option.
I remember the winchester conundrum, pre 64 or post 64, machined or pressed, that was a cost saving venture but that applied to all of their guns, here you could ASK for a feature that YOU wanted and thusly only you paid for.
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So they are K frame Cokes! They look nice. From a bottom view of the butt, does it appear to be oval?
Doc 44 is the house authority on Cokes.
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The authorities here will tell us there are no K frame "cokes." I've wondered before about it but the consensus has been that there were two, maybe three, K frame target patterns and that's all we're seeing in the OPs example. Here are some of my non-relieved K frame targets for comparison of checkering patterns. Any possibility the OPs were N frame "cokes" cut down to fit a K?
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If they fit a S.B. K frame properly, those are N frame Coke’s that were altered at the top of the backstrap to fit a K frame. People back then had no idea the someday Cokes would bring hundreds of dollars and thought it was better to modify something they had on hand instead of spending more money. I’ve owned several sets of Cokes that were altered like that and still have one mounted on a K-38 Masterpiece.
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I was with him and took him to my friends house to look at the gun that had them on it. When I looked at the gun, I kept thinking to myself that the grips looked like Cokes but they were on a K frame combat masterpiece .22. We took them do Dick's house and took off the grips. They had ben filled around the edge to make them fit a K frame. ????
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Member ezb57 posted this photo of N frame Magna stocks on a K/L frame revolver just the other day. N Magna’s and Target’s will fit on a K/L frame, but the horns and and about an inch below sticks out like this:
As you can see, it doesn’t require a lot of modification to make N frame Cokes fit a K/L frame, it only decreases the value of Cokes by $350 - $450.
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Member ezb57 posted this photo of N frame Magna stocks on a K/L frame revolver just the other day. N Magna’s and Target’s will fit on a K/L frame, but the horns and and about an inch below sticks out like this:
As you can see, it doesn’t require a lot of modification to make N frame Cokes fit a K/L frame, it only decreases the value of Cokes by $350 - $450.
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they fit pretty good i think
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Yes, the original post pic is a set of Cokes. The larger, different checkering field is like a flashing neon sign once you learn the difference.
There were probably a few test K Coke sets made by the factory. There are rumors about that. The 'official' word is that there's no such thing as K Cokes.
Yes, most Cokes on K frames are modified N frame.
I scored another set last year for free from an online auction. They were on a gun they didn't belong on. It was poorly pictured and incorrectly described.
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Years ago I fit a beautifully grained set of cokes that were damaged at the top of the "horns" to my model 19 "smolt". It was not that hard to do and they fit perfectly. The finish I used is a little shinier than normal cokes.
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they fit pretty good i think
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They are altered N Frame Cokes. This "flat" area clearly shows that they are modified.
The back edge of the horns should be radiused, not flat-
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Lee...I saw the flat area also and you are correct. I know there are different "types" of K-frame stocks (I have several), but I have never seen an original pair of coke bottle type stocks for a K-frame. If S&W as going to use coke bottle type stocks on a K-frame, surely it would have been on their Combat Magnum introduced in 1956 along with the 44 Magnum.
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One must wonder why S&W didn't use a common grip frame dimension for both the K and N frames? They are not that much different.
It is possible to force-fit K frame Magnas onto an N-frame, but it doesn't look good.
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