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Well, I've posted this somewhere else, but I guess it goes here as well:



My 640-1 Pro Series with Elk Stag grips by our own "bgmtnman" plus a Tyler T Grip. Makes a real nice handling package.

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My 640-1 Pro Series with Elk Stag grips by our own "bgmtnman" plus a Tyler T Grip. Makes a real nice handling package.



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Don't know how I missed this thread the first couple of years it was up... too bad Phatso-bludgeon saw fit to block so many of the earlier images.

Anyway, my "little guns" tend to be older (read "I-frames" and a single Baby Chief) but there was one J-Frame I actually felt like I had to have, this Model 60-4. The display is my version of one in the NRA National Firearms Museum - not quite as elaborate as theirs, but I like it anyway! In line with the thread topic, the grips are from Thailand, via flea-Bay. They are a very dark brownish-blackish wood that at least resembles ebony, which provides a nice contrast to the stainless M-60.

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Is that a 60-10 with the cokes? That revolver is just stellar!

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My model 63 with Badger grips.

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My 442 with elk grips and a Tyler T. If my S&W’s don’t have magnas and a Tyler T, they have Herrett Jordan Troopers. I reserve that grip style for my N Frames, and M69.
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Here are two smooth grips that I use with grip adapters.
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Heres a couple of mine with Altamonts
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Here’re some smooth Eagle Secret Service grips I just put on my 640-1.
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Craig Spegel's work on a Baby Chiefs and a Model 31 (I-frame, but they also fit Model of '53 and later J-frames).
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640 with Spegel rosewood Centennial grips:

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Are they Franzite?
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Thanks, Phil. They were made by Grashorn Gunworks a few years ago.
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I bought some J frame grips at a gun show for my son's 36 (RB). Said he did not want them. For some reason thought these were popular. I don't own any J's. Bob
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how about a set of Sambar Stags....on my 640 nd

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442 with eBay G10 grips + an older Tyler T-Grip with nearly all the wording worn off.

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This is my 36 with Sambar Stags. Saw it in the LGS and figured they were plastic. Made a deal for the 36 for $300. Got it home and realized they were Sambar. Looked up the grips on line and found that they are worth almost what I paid for the whole thing.
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My 640 with Altamonts. I tried a lot of grips before I found these to work for me. They’re actually more comfortable when shooting magnum loads than Goodyear’s.
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Altamonts. Might get a set of their round to square grips also. Make it look like a baby L frame. 😊
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The grips on these two are aftermarket, but are S&W sourced grips.





Hideous junk on a Baby Chief, since replaced with period correct magna grips.





Pachmayr Compac Pro on a Model 940



Hogue Bantam grips on a Model 49



Model 60 with S&W J Frame Target grips




Model 342 ti, with Hogue Bantam Grips
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I have a 637-2 2" which has factory S&W branded Crimson Trace grips. They work well, even taming the occasional +P's. Bought a 60-15 .357 3" with the sharp factory wood grips. Put a set of regular Crimson Trace on it, found +P's are ok, and .357 still is a bit too much, but it is a "light" gun.

Double-action on both is so smooth. The 60-15 is my "bedroom" gun, just waiting, forever, I hope. The 637-2 is my "if I need to carry" piece, easy to holster or pocket, depending on the situation, even with the exposed hammer.

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These Pachmayr Compac Professionals are a new favorite. Here's a set on a Model 42-2. Had to do a little trimming and sanding to make the grips fit the lemon squeezer.










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These G Mascus grips are by Hogue, made with G10 Blue Lava.
I always liked the Spegel designed boots by Uncle Mike that came
on the 642-1, but they were just a wee bit "clingy". These are not.
BTW the knife is by Piranha and the holster by Chic Gaylord.

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I've also got the Altamont grips. Big improvement.
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. Inlayed pearl grips on my Performance Center 442.
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I realize that this is an older thread, but for my Model 49 Steel Bodyguard pocket snubby I would like some opinions as to whether I should go with Compac Pros or Altamont Falconias?

My two concerns are best pocket concealment and best comfort with heavy +P loads. I went with the Standard Service stocks with a Tyler T-grip for years but those do really bash my girly-hand after about 20 stout fast double-action shots. I am looking for a bit more comfort because I'm not planning on using weinie ammo for practice or carry.
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Maybe start a new thread with the question.
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My two concerns are best pocket concealment and best comfort with heavy +P loads. I went with the Standard Service stocks with a Tyler T-grip for years but those do really bash my girly-hand after about 20 stout fast double-action shots. I am looking for a bit more comfort because I'm not planning on using weinie ammo for practice or carry.

Why shoot it so much? Not a target piece. I shoot my J frames about one or two cylinders a year for a function test and never more than 7 yards.
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This 640-3 did have the Uncle Mikes Spegel Grips but I've changed them out with some Hogues for more comfort. (We don't have CCW here in Australia so it's not like I need to stick with shorter Grips for pocket carry).

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This 640-3 did have the Uncle Mikes Spegel Grips but I've changed them out with some Hogues for more comfort. (We don't have CCW here in Australia so it's not like I need to stick with shorter Grips for pocket carry).

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How much do you shoot it?

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Ooh, that unfluted cylinder is NICE!
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If I recall the big book puts the BFY Mfg. date at 1991
In the features on the label it says **SPECIAL**
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That's the longest Model 60 i have seen. Is it 6"? i have a 3" and 2- 21/2 inch Model 60's.
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That's a handsome cat, and a Model 60-7 in 3" to boot! Thanks for sharing the details.
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