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Originally Posted by ob'98
Thanks to you both and I will post the info I receive with the letter. I am not knowledgeable on S&W so I will ask: Is there a gun these grips would fit that would have been made around 1880-1886? Does Wolf and Klar go back that far?
Thanks again.
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ob'98,
The K frame grips will not fit any S&W's of the 1880's that I know of.
Wolf & Klar was a large pawn shop/jewelry store in Ft. Worth that was a significant supplier to cattlemen, lawmen and oilmen in the early and mid 1900's. Although they sold Colts and Smiths early on, they became most prominent in the S&W world when they talked the factory into restoring the under lug to the barrel of the 2nd Model HE (like that of the TripleLock, but without the third lock) in 1926. I don't know when they began but I don't think it was as early as the 1880's. Perhaps someone can give us a specific date of their beginning.
Bob