I got lucky and found myself a nice pair of Fuzzy Farrant stocks to fit my early (SS sights) model 66. They are dead smooth and double swell at the palm. I wonder how many of Fuzzy's stocks did NOT require that you cut the frame?

These are a bit more narrow than the one's that I found for my 27-2, but nearly identical in shape.

....and without further ado....the photos......

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On the Oak Savannah

Sweet looking set up!

That is a nice set

I'd love to try a set of those and see how they feel - and if they improve my shooting. Thanks for posting.

Jerry

CUT THE FRAME? Really? I can't imagine any stocks that would be worth cutting the frame on on an older S&W - unless it was already in pretty bad shape.

Did this set require you to cut the frame? And if so, where?

Kind of like mine, but mine are checkered... Frame is original.

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Les Ramsey

Some of Fuzzy's stocks required the bottom front (bottom portion closest to the barrel) be cut off....now, it is not a complete cut, just removing some serious meat from that area. Unfortunately, there are some guns that this cut would interfere with the serial number.

You see some guns with this mod, but they are not just on every corner.

I guess that if it was worth cutting the frame when it was new (to fit your hands, shooting style) and you own them gun, then you can feel free to annoy the ultra-purist collectors and cut away (be careful not ti remove part of the SN, because that will annoy the BATFE and it is illegal).

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On the Oak Savannah

I have a Pre Model 24 with a Gold Bead Front sight that had the "Fuzzy Cut" when I bought it.I tracked down a set of Rosewood Fuzzy's and completed the Package.They are some of the best feeling Stocks I have ever used.Pretty amazing actually.....It is One of my favorite shooters at the moment.

Many years ago I had a buddy who was appointed to a large urban police department in northern NJ. His dad and brother were already on the job. His dad gave him his old M&P 4" that was Parkerized and wore Farrant stocks. The frame had been trimmed to allow for the stock's installation. My buddy shot the pants off his academy class with this revolver, and went on to win many competitions with it. I did shoot it once and it felt great but I could never cut a revolver like that.

Cut the frame on my 1972 Model 66??? OMG !!!

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LIVE FROM THE DAWGHOUSE

I'm sure all of the fans of FF stocks have good reasons to like them for things like their utility and comfort, but I think most of the ones I've seen are terminally ugly, and I surely would not cut a frame to make them fit.

This pair of Fuzzzy' targets don't require cutting the frame, I don't think I would cut the frame to fit any stocks.






I put them on my 17-4 presently, but think they are going to work better on a lighter weight revolver.

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H Richard
SWCA1967 SWHF244

I'll bet they feel great and are just the right medicine for the Stainless Combat Magnum. Thanks for sharing!!!

Well, I had my PPC revolver altered for these Fuzzy "look-a-likes" by Don Rainey of R&T (Rainey and Thompson) Grips. I don't have a problem with that at all:



Dale53

What are you waiting for? Post the photos Alex!

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On the Oak Savannah

Others have speculated that more Farrants were made for non-cut frames than for cut frames. That sounds reasonable.

Here's a cut 66. H Richard should recognize them.



This is one of Joe Kent's revolvers. The light contouring of the cylinder latch looks like my work. That would have to have been about 35 years ago.....

P.S. I like both -- and the round butt is best of all.

Very nice thx for sharing

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Tommy

The revolvers that are mine that have the cut frames were fit to use . A Farrant stock on a cut frame revolver absolutely stays put in your hand under heavy recoil. While I would not cut one today, I had no problem cutting them 40 years ago. All my best, Joe.

Without a doubt no one in their right mind today would cut this beautiful old pre-26, but back then it was no big deal. I only wish the original Fuzzy's came with the gun when I bought it. A target shooter's dream. The gun originally shipped in 1952 to Hoffman Hardware Co., Los Angeles, CA. "Fuzzy Farrant Central". Also it shipped with walnut magna grips. The pre-26's were also shipped with grips as shown but not this particular one. I still like it as is.

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If we think of the customization that Glocks, the M&P series and 1911s routinely undergo these days the cuts that a few of Fuzzy's grips required were discreet by comparison. In exchange you got a better shooting revolver. Normally the cuts weren't made till the shooter was certain the stocks would work for them.

tipoc

Congratulations! I’ve never owned any but have got to try a few over the years. I think Fuzzy Farrant stocks are some of the best ever made for double action revolver shooting.

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John
S&WCA Life Member

You hit the nail on the head. In their day, the best competitive police shooters were using these stocks. It was at a time when competitive police shooting was a really big deal, and Fuzzy Farrants on a cut frame Smith revolver was the hot thing. Take a look at what the LE and other three gun and other competitive guys are doing the the frames of their polymer service pistols. I look at polymer service guns as simply soul-less working tools. My steel guns with custom grips and leather have souls (although my couple revolvers with locks lets their souls leak out of the hole). I would never cut them today. With that said, back in the day the 25-5 I carried to court and used for special details had a round butted grip. I have Registered Magnum #40. It was carried for 35 years at LAPD...it had a 3.5 inch barrel installed and was round butted with the grip frame checkered to enhance concealment (luckily, that work was done by Frank Pachmayer).

Back in the revolver days, many of the guns we cherish were simply work tools and modified by their owners for enhanced performance in certain roles. I hope to someday add one of the hideously engraved Wolf &Klar .44's to my collection and a cut frame Fuzzy Farrant LAPD revolver. I also want a Fitz'd Colt revolver. They were guns that were representative of what was "the hot ticket" of their day. They actual have some real unique history to them.

Very well put, from someone who obviously was there. Thank you for the insight.

To those of you who get the fantods about cutting a frame to fit Fuzzy's grips, it was part of the fit that made the grips feel so good. Back then, a gun was pretty much a gun, and every little screw variation and number of striations on the front sight were not considered in the guns value. There were collector pieces, to be sure, like Geronimo's rifle or Hitler's Luger, but back then not every firearm in the universe was some sort of collectible.