Curious about round butt K and L frame grips and whether or not they are the same.

Yes they are.

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Dom

Yup as long as you go round to round and square to square, they fit.

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Dick

Thanks guys, just wanted to be sure.

So if the grips are the same... can I buy the Ransom Rest insert and shoot round butt K and round butt L frames with the same insert on my Ransom Rest?

Yes.

The K frame grip dimensions and trigger reach were one of the primary design specifications of the L frame. S&W wanted the new sixguns to be the same as the older K frame sixguns grip-wise, as most shooters can handle the K just fine, but some small-handed shooters find the N frame grip too big and the trigger reach too great.

Yes, they are the same.

Shawn McCarver
SWCA 765

Sorry to wake a dead thread, but since it covers the same subject I thought I'd ask anyway.

Is it possible to use the Ransom Rest grip insert for K/L round butt with a N-frame revolver? The grips themselves seem to fit without any gaps, its just that the overly large parts stick out...

(reposting my reply on TFL):

Ransom Rest Grip Insert S&W K-Frame and L-Frame Round Butt Revolver - MidwayUSA -- going from the picture here:



the insert for the N-frame will not fit the K/L-frame (insert will be too large), and the insert for the K/L-frame will not fit the N-frame (insert will be too small).

I wonder if you could adapt the N-frame insert to fit the K-frame with shims or something that will fill in the extra material up by the double-action "horn", but it would have to be a perfect fit to prevent slipping.