muddocktor
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Ever since I heard about Kim Ahrend's stocks and bought my first set, I've steadily been replacing what I've had on my pistols for new sets bought from Gripseller's store on eBay. I'm now up to 5 pistols dressed out with his grips and I figured I'd post some before and after pics of them. I find all the grips feel real good shooting as well as looking good and even on my 629 I don't find them any more abusive to my hand than the stock Goodyears that came on it.
Anyways, here are my 5 pistols I have dressed out with Kim's stocks:
My newest pistol and the pistol I just bought my Ahrends stocks for a couple of weeks ago. These are Cocobolo wood tacticals and they replace the Goodyears that came with it.
Before:
With the new stocks:
Next is my 629-3 Classic. It also came with Goodyears
Before
And now with the Moradillo wood Retro combat conversions
Next up is my 27-5 I bought off GB a few years ago at a really good price. It was unshot until I got it (well broken in now). It originally came with Magnas.
Before
Now dressed up with Cordia wood Tacticals:
Next is another pistol I bought off GB a while ago and frankly, it was a bit of an ugly duckling but had a decent price for a 3 1/2" 27-2 in good mechanical condition. It came with some Pacmayr grips:
Before
And here with some Ahrends tacticals on it. I don't remember the wood type.
Finally, here is my old 5" 27-2 I bought back in 1974. It originally came with magnas, but I don't have a pic of them on it (still have the grips in the gun cabinet though).
With Pachmayr presentations:
And now with Cocobolo wood tacticals on it:
All these guns are shooters, so having stocks on them that give a good grip and are comfortable are a must. I find that I can shoot quite a bit of hot ammo even in the 44 Mag without killing my hand and wrist with the Ahrends on it. I hope you all enjoy looking at my grips and maybe you will want to try a set on your Smith after viewing these. And the pricing is actually pretty reasonable to me as they are around $75 to the door.
Anyways, here are my 5 pistols I have dressed out with Kim's stocks:
My newest pistol and the pistol I just bought my Ahrends stocks for a couple of weeks ago. These are Cocobolo wood tacticals and they replace the Goodyears that came with it.
Before:
With the new stocks:
Next is my 629-3 Classic. It also came with Goodyears
Before
And now with the Moradillo wood Retro combat conversions
Next up is my 27-5 I bought off GB a few years ago at a really good price. It was unshot until I got it (well broken in now). It originally came with Magnas.
Before
Now dressed up with Cordia wood Tacticals:
Next is another pistol I bought off GB a while ago and frankly, it was a bit of an ugly duckling but had a decent price for a 3 1/2" 27-2 in good mechanical condition. It came with some Pacmayr grips:
Before
And here with some Ahrends tacticals on it. I don't remember the wood type.
Finally, here is my old 5" 27-2 I bought back in 1974. It originally came with magnas, but I don't have a pic of them on it (still have the grips in the gun cabinet though).
With Pachmayr presentations:
And now with Cocobolo wood tacticals on it:
All these guns are shooters, so having stocks on them that give a good grip and are comfortable are a must. I find that I can shoot quite a bit of hot ammo even in the 44 Mag without killing my hand and wrist with the Ahrends on it. I hope you all enjoy looking at my grips and maybe you will want to try a set on your Smith after viewing these. And the pricing is actually pretty reasonable to me as they are around $75 to the door.
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Here's a couple of mine in goncola alves.
