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Somewhere around 1962/3 would be my guess. 342443 was shipped June 1965. Advantage of being a SWCA is you can get ship dates for your guns and you have access to everyone else's request plus data bases so normally a quick search will get you pretty close if researching before you buy.

Any chance the barrel is sleeved?

Common but with some correctly grained goncalo scraps, you can add some wood here and make them perfect if you want. Also common place to have a small sliver of wood missing. I wouldn't mess with something like those if there is no damage.

Yes it will, but your only moving it a tiny bit so I've had better luck just taking a small dremel and removing a bit at a time. Than when shaving very thin wood to glue, the shavings actually have a curl to match the curvature of the hole. With a little glue it will form around the drill bit...

Take a little wood from the front of the grip pin holes and you should be able to push the panels back to line up the backstrap. Once you get them perfect (hardest part is getting both panels the same) fill the back of the grip pin with some slivers of wood and glue. Put a drill bit or proper...

They look fine from that angle. Most people like the goncalo better, but those "Morado" ones look very nice with the stainless.

They look to be S&W. Show us a pic of the fit, usually the fix is just adjusting the grip pin holes. The set on the gun are pau ferro and the other is goncalo.

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I bought one back in the 80's but sold it a few years ago to offset my S&W expenses. I still have my dad's custom mauser actioned rifle in 257 he had built when he got back from WWII. I got my first deer with it at age 10. Great caliber that was all but lost for awhile.

Before they were rubber they were wood.

The one I saw looked like junk. IMO

Vintage T-Grips are gems and I wish I'd never sold the several I've had. But for shooting and carrying, the BK Adapters are excellent and rock solid with the two sets of tabs. I finally got a couple and was greatly impressed. I actually have a J frame on a round butt K and a K frame on a square...

"I'll take it" and timely PM required during entire sale. Check or USPS MO generally accepted, three day return and shipping is $10.00 to lower 48. "SOLD" 1. K smooth Targets - Beautiful Brazilian Rosewood stocks in excellent original condition. The uniformly streaked color of the rosewood is...

Honduran Rosewood and I'm sure they have silver (stainess) stock circle inserts so early 1970's and 80's as you thought. K and N combats still had inserts in 1985 for sure (M624) but not sure how much longer. J frame targets like yours were probably the same but I do not know.

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