I traded into an early Texas Ranger Commemorative today. Gun is probably 98% with knife. The case is OK, but not pristine on the outside.
I have been reading old posts on the forum about them and mine has an anomaly that is the basis of my question.
In a 2017 thread RKMESA posted that the early guns (mine is TR182) had the S&W Emblem on the grips rather than the Texas Star. Mine has the smooth target grips with the S&W emblem; however, it does not have the cut out on the right side to view the Texas Rangers Emblem.
Could this be factory or did someone swap out the grips? Other than the cut out they look very much like all the photos of smooth target grips I have found on line.
Based on the trade I'm only into the gun/knife/case for $650 so even if the grips are wrong I'm OK on the deal. Just wondering.
Thanks,
Bill