Smith & Wesson Forum

Go Back   Smith & Wesson Forum > Smith & Wesson Revolvers > S&W Revolvers: 1961 to 1980
o

Notices

S&W Revolvers: 1961 to 1980 3-Screw PINNED Barrel SWING-OUT Cylinder Hand Ejectors WITH Model Numbers


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-30-2020, 11:38 AM
Missmain Missmain is offline
Member
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is

I have a S&W revolver grip and would like to know what frame model it goes to. I couldnt find any specific indicators online like a model number or size.

Is anyone able to tell by looking at it what type of gun it goes to?

Is it for a J frame? It is rather small, it measures 3 3/4''. Also I think it is a square butt but am not positive.

Thank you in advance for your help!
Attached Images
File Type: jpg sw.jpg (42.7 KB, 150 views)
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-30-2020, 11:40 AM
sigp220.45's Avatar
sigp220.45 sigp220.45 is online now
US Veteran
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 8,075
Likes: 27,786
Liked 33,570 Times in 5,253 Posts
Default

I believe it is a K frame grip. Hard to tell without something for scale.
__________________
“What you got, ain’t new.”
Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
  #3  
Old 11-30-2020, 11:47 AM
merl67 merl67 is offline
SWCA Member
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern Middle Tennessee
Posts: 2,898
Likes: 3,413
Liked 4,084 Times in 1,449 Posts
Default

It has to be for a K frame from the mid 1960's or earlier it is too long for a J frame. K frame grips will measure approximately 4 inches from the horn to the butt.
Edit I measure grips down the spine, but measuring straight down the face I get 3-3/4 inches so yes it is a K frame grip.
__________________
Randy

Last edited by merl67; 11-30-2020 at 11:52 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-30-2020, 11:53 AM
merl67 merl67 is offline
SWCA Member
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern Middle Tennessee
Posts: 2,898
Likes: 3,413
Liked 4,084 Times in 1,449 Posts
Default

Forgot my manners welcome to the forum!
__________________
Randy
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-30-2020, 11:56 AM
merl67 merl67 is offline
SWCA Member
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern Middle Tennessee
Posts: 2,898
Likes: 3,413
Liked 4,084 Times in 1,449 Posts
Default

For reference a J fame on the left K on the right
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 20201130_095421.jpg (128.8 KB, 101 views)
__________________
Randy
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-30-2020, 12:26 PM
Texas Star Texas Star is offline
US Veteran
Absent Comrade
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 20,362
Likes: 24,260
Liked 16,154 Times in 7,408 Posts
Default

Note the roundness at the edges of sq. butt J-frame stocks. That's a good clue to those and they're smaller than K's as well as shaped differently.

It's possible to confuse K and N frame grips.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 11-30-2020, 01:53 PM
JP@AK's Avatar
JP@AK JP@AK is online now
US Veteran
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Posts: 14,477
Likes: 5,112
Liked 18,981 Times in 6,862 Posts
Default

As others have said, that is the left panel from a pair of K frame stocks. They date from the period 1953-1967 (roughly). Moreover, they would have come on a K frame revolver with target sights.
__________________
Jack
SWCA #2475, SWHF #318

Last edited by JP@AK; 11-30-2020 at 01:55 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 11-30-2020, 03:05 PM
ExRanger714's Avatar
ExRanger714 ExRanger714 is offline
Member
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Smoky Mountains, West NC
Posts: 764
Likes: 811
Liked 1,256 Times in 458 Posts
Default

OP asked what revolver this may have been on originally.

Without his permission I'll risk the wrath of murphydog and quote him from his post in this thread: Magna Grip Questions

"I think the standard and PC types were scattered all around the K frame line, short or long barrel, fixed or target sight."

I think he means, and I could be way off, that they could have come off about any square butt K frame of the period.

IIRC the diamond around the grip screw went away in 1968.
__________________
On the whistle draw and fire 6

Last edited by ExRanger714; 11-30-2020 at 03:08 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 11-30-2020, 05:25 PM
Art Doc's Avatar
Art Doc Art Doc is offline
SWCA Member
Absent Comrade
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: The kidney of Dixie.
Posts: 10,509
Likes: 49
Liked 13,408 Times in 3,290 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by JP@AK View Post
As others have said, that is the left panel from a pair of K frame stocks. They date from the period 1953-1967 (roughly). Moreover, they would have come on a K frame revolver with target sights.
What came on the fixed sight models?
__________________
No life story has happy end.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 11-30-2020, 07:21 PM
Zak316 Zak316 is offline
Member
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: L.I.N.Y.
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
Liked 31 Times in 14 Posts
Default

I'm thinking K frame square?
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 11-30-2020, 07:28 PM
cgt4570's Avatar
cgt4570 cgt4570 is offline
SWCA Member
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Mount Carmel, TN USA
Posts: 3,167
Likes: 1,620
Liked 3,176 Times in 932 Posts
Default

Show me a pic of the back and I can tell you if they're K or N.
__________________
Chris
SWCA #2243 SWHF #292
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 11-30-2020, 10:13 PM
JP@AK's Avatar
JP@AK JP@AK is online now
US Veteran
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Posts: 14,477
Likes: 5,112
Liked 18,981 Times in 6,862 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Art Doc View Post
What came on the fixed sight models?
The PC Magna type (I believe the factory called them "Modified Magna"). The bottom edges were rounded. Here's a picture:


As for ExRanger714's quotation from my friend murphydog, here's how I would respond:
There are always exceptions to every practice of the S&W company. But, from the early 1950s until at least the 1980s, it was standard practice to ship target sight units with regular Magna stocks (unless, of course, they went out with targets) and the fixed sight guns with PC Magna stocks. The sole exception was on the Model 15, beginning with the -2 variant, when the gun was configured with the 2" barrel. I have owned dozens of S&W K frame revolvers with both fixed and target sights, and I've handled hundreds of others. I have yet to see a target sight unit that shipped with PC Magna stocks, other than the 2" Model 15. They certainly may exist, but they would be an unusual exception. I doubt it happened often.
__________________
Jack
SWCA #2475, SWHF #318

Last edited by JP@AK; 11-30-2020 at 10:15 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 12-01-2020, 12:24 AM
Texas Star Texas Star is offline
US Veteran
Absent Comrade
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 20,362
Likes: 24,260
Liked 16,154 Times in 7,408 Posts
Default

Jack-

PC means Plainclothes stocks, with curved edges, to abrade coat linings less?

Elmer Keith mentioned them occasionally in his writing. From the early 1950's, they were usual on service revolvers like the M&P/Model 10.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 12-01-2020, 02:10 AM
JP@AK's Avatar
JP@AK JP@AK is online now
US Veteran
Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is Please help identify which type of revolver grip this is  
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Posts: 14,477
Likes: 5,112
Liked 18,981 Times in 6,862 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Texas Star View Post
Jack-
PC means Plainclothes stocks, with curved edges, to abrade coat linings less?
Correct.

Quote:
Elmer Keith mentioned them occasionally in his writing. From the early 1950's, they were usual on service revolvers like the M&P/Model 10.
Yes, beginning right around 1953 or so. As I mentioned above, they were standard equipment on the fixed sight K frames. The target sight guns continued to have the standard Magna stocks except, as mentioned, on the Model 15 when it had a 2" barrel.
__________________
Jack
SWCA #2475, SWHF #318
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Identify custom grip maker and type wood linde S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 25 08-25-2019 11:33 AM
Need help to identify grip type rodneyhsr S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 3 06-12-2017 11:30 PM
pearce type grip CS 40? jmwaddups Smith & Wesson Semi-Auto Pistols 0 09-02-2016 06:49 AM
Trying to identify type/year of revolver doublecanister S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 17 06-04-2016 02:43 AM
What Grip Wood Type Are These? sw282 S&W Revolvers: 1961 to 1980 17 11-21-2009 08:35 PM

Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3
smith-wessonforum.com tested by Norton Internet Security smith-wessonforum.com tested by McAfee Internet Security

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:00 PM.


Smith-WessonForum.com is not affiliated with Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: SWHC)