CENTENNIAL HIGH HORN GRIPS

[UNCLE PAULY]

I have been looking for after market "high horn" grips that came on the early model 40 centennials and have found none.

Wanting these "high horn" grips in other media (stag, horn, fake ivory or M.O.P.) and can not find any grip makers offering them, not even in wood.

Can anyone point me towards grip makers that make them.

Thanks,Paul

 

[Alk8944]

They are referred to as "High Horn", not big horn. To the best of my knowledge there is no stock maker that lists an after-market High Horn stock for the original Centennial/Model 40. I have been looking for years.

Check the vendor posts in that sub-forum. There are several custom stock makers on the forum who may be willing to entertain making a one-off of the correct style.

 

[307-Niner]

Are the grips for the early model 40 Centennials different than the newer Centennials like the 442 & 340? I'm still learning here, sorry for the newbie question.

 

[UNCLE PAULY]

They are referred to as "High Horn", not big horn. To the best of my knowledge there is no stock maker that lists an after-market High Horn stock for the original Centennial/Model 40. I have been looking for years.

Check the vendor posts in that sub-forum. There are several custom stock makers on the forum who may be willing to entertain making a one-off of the correct style.

I stand corrected. Thank you for the information. I have ordered a few J frame rnd. butt grips and will wait to see how they look and feel on the gun.

 

[UNCLE PAULY]

Are the grips for the early model 40 Centennials different than the newer Centennials like the 442 & 340? I'm still learning here, sorry for the newbie question.

Yes, my picture above shows the smooth high horn grip used on early models.
And in picture below:

 

[VM]

U.P. - Keith Brown just made some and sold them here in the classifieds.
You won't find any better.
Send him a PM

http://smith-wessonforum.com/accessories-misc-sale-trade/388203-few-grips-sale.html

 

[UNCLE PAULY]

U.P. - Keith Brown just made some and sold them here in the classifieds.
You won't find any better.
Send him a PM

http://smith-wessonforum.com/accessories-misc-sale-trade/388203-few-grips-sale.html

Thank you VM, as I stated I ordered fake ivory and mother of pearl grips and will see how they look and feel on my model 38 bodyguard and my model 40 centennial.

If I contact Keith I do have a very nice piece of macassar ebony that would look great.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Spegel makes them in wood......

Maybe the "Executioner" (Google ;Patrick Grashorn grips) here would make some in elk stag.

 

[Old TexMex]

schofieldkid81 has done some very nice work for me and others here, you can PM him here on the forum.

 

[Engine49guy]

Just a heads up that the early Centennials (up to 70's era) have much smaller metal washers inside ,

Basically older Centennial grips only fit Centennials.

 

[-db-]

The only maker I've found who used to sell Centennial grips as a catalogue regular production item was Jay Scott, and they're fairly hard to find today:

Any others you'll find will be for later Centennial frames and they will not work on older grip-safety Centennials. Jay Scott is long out of business so custom is the only way to go nowadays.

 

[Keith Brown]

Saw this post and thought I would add a photo of the difference in stock circles. The Centennial disc measures .500, the model 36 disc measures .685

 

[307-Niner]

Thank you for the post with the picture. Sometimes I need visual aids to comprehend what I'm being told.

 

[05CarbonDRZ]

Saw this post and thought I would add a photo of the difference in stock circles. The Centennial disc measures .500, the model 36 disc measures .685

Looks like they made them smaller to accommodate the pin for the grip safety.

 

[Triggerman66]

Both Keith and Engine49 have helped to solve a problem with a nice made to measure Herritts grips I bought on Ebay. They appear to be for a early Centennial with the small disc. Now I need to find one in order to use these neat little grips.

 

[UNCLE PAULY]

Both Keith and Engine49 have helped to solve a problem with a nice made to measure Herritts grips I bought on Ebay. They appear to be for a early Centennial with the small disc. Now I need to find one in order to use these neat little grips.

I almost bid on a J frame in bad shape just to get the stag grips on it.

 

[Hondo44]

Yes, my picture above shows the smooth high horn grip used on early models.
And in picture below:

The Bodyguard above has the standard Magna stocks.

Here's a photo of the three sizes of J frame Magnas. Look at the Bodyguard for the original 'med' high horn Magnas for them.