<I seriously didn't know what I was getting.
Revolvers are so out of my world. I am mostly into bayonets >

Just a little friendly teasing, as most of us are not lucky enough to find nice, classic N-frames at such a great price.

Gun4Fun...........I am certainly no expert on these combat grips. In fact SCSW-3 doesn't really have much info on these combats. I did have a family member that was in the gun biz back in the 80's and 90's. I recall that virtually all N-frames came with the checkered targets back then. I'm thinking that the only square-frame combats that I ever saw on a NIB gun were a couple of 29's. I believe the box end label was so marked. Once Smith began transitioning to the round butt N-frame in the late 80's, these combat grips were more commonly seen. I've seen these on the 610's, the 627, as well as several on various 29/629's. The square butt combats do seem to command more money than the round butts on the auction sites. Perhaps the next edition of SCSW will have some more detailed info on this style of factory grip.