Does anyone have a tracing of a round butt K frame or can make one?  I picked up a cheap pencil barrel Police Trade In M10.  I'm going to make it a project gun, and chop the barrel to 3", round butt it, and trim the hammer.
I'd like to trim it to the same dimensions as a factory RB so grips will be easy.
Thanks!
Michael

Not a gunsmith, don't have any tracings, but I thought these might help.

I did a quick Google search and found this:

Round Butt Fitting Guide S&W K, L-Frame - Pacific Tool and Gauge

Alternatively, if you already know what kind of grips you want, you could just purchase them and use them as a guide.

Start with a good set of K frame round-butt stocks and fit the frame to the stocks. Remember that the factory hand fitted stocks and/or frame prior to finishing, so that the fit always ended up perfect. No two vintage S&W RB frames are exactly the same.

__________________
Gary
SWCA 2515

My shooting buddy borrowed some round butt stocks and traced them on his his gun and they came out good like above post suggests.

Make sure ahead of time roundbuttin is not going to get into the SER.#.
Just sayin.

Ditto on the serial number. You DON'T want to remove any of it. Forty plus years ago, I started doing round butts by racing the outline of a pair of RB Magnas onto the frame. Another tip, don't cut or grind exactly to the tracing; keep the metal a little proud. The back strap and for strap are slightly rounded, from the center down to the grip.

__________________
John 3:16
WAR EAGLE!

PM sent re: tracing