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The N grips are already sold. The K grips will end up for sale within a week or 2.

I can see the logic, which would make this a K, but the thickness difference is huge. I'm assuming the "blanks" were pretty much uniform in size. If the 5th panel shown above is standard the amount of hand fitting and sanding to reach the thickness we typically see on panels would be very...

So if I'm reading correctly the 2 pairs of K grips will be from WWII era Victory .38 Special military issue pistols. But what about the Not-K - Not-N 5th panel?

Back again with more early grip photos. This time 2 questions. Got a batch of 5 panels. 4 K and 1 Not-K. Also Not-N. The 5th panel is slightly larger than a K and slightly smaller than an N. It is also much thicker. Doesn't look like it would fit any of the top-break models either. But the...

Not sure how I missed that. Getting old.

Thank you. This batch also includes a grip set for the .44. Based on the serial number they are from a pistol manufactured in 1925, however, based on the link you supplied the grips are from an earlier year (up to 1911) It is this type of inconsistencies that make collecting and selling so much...

I shall support the cause with a new purchase.

This may seem like an odd question but in light of my interest primarily in older S&W models, should I be looking at the latest edition or can I get by with a cheap copy of an earlier edition? Do the later additions have more info on the earlier models or are the updates limited to recent new...

Is there a broad source that covers the evolution of grips for Hand Ejector revolvers? Preferably with photos? I am wondering about several points that seem to conflict. I purchased a lot of grips from the estate of a long retired gunsmith. Several sets of early wood grips were included. The...

3rd photo, bottom right

PHOTOS heh heh. It says so right on the back.

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