Correct Stocks for K700XXX Model 53

[flundertaker]

Found a very nice 4" Model 53 at the Wanenmacher show in Tulsa this morning. Fired very little but I believe the stocks on it are incorrect. They are standard football targets with silver washers. With the SN K700XXX I believe this gun dates to 1966 and as such should have the diamond targets. Correct?

 

[weatherby]

Correct by my thinking as well

 

[Doc44]

Diamond target stocks made of American walnut would be correct for your Model 53. See photo below and click on it for a better look. The revolver shown below is a Model 53-2 (3-screw frame), K700447, shipped on April 10, 1968.

Bill

 

[flundertaker]

Thank you Bill. I’ve got a possible source for a correct set of stocks for it. I’ll be sure to verify they are American walnut. Btw, our guns are about 60 difference on the SN. I may letter it to see when it shipped, now I’m curious. I would have thought it would have been earlier than mid 68.

Is it possible that with 68 being the year the Diamond targets were discontinued, that mine being a higher number than yours it is one of the first to come with standard non-Diamond targets??

Diamond target stocks made of American walnut would be correct for your Model 53. See photo below and click on it for a better look. The revolver shown below is a Model 53-2 (3-screw frame), K700447, shipped on April 10, 1968.

Bill

 

[Doc44]

Anything is possible, but since the directive to delete the diamond on all NT and KT stocks was issued on December 28, 1967, I think most target stocks in 1968 would have had the diamond around the escutcheon and nut.

You can ask Roy on the S&WCA Forum for a shipping date, and he will provide the month and year your 53 was shipped.

Bill

 

[weatherby]

You stated silver washers.
If the football targets on it were original they definitely would have been black oxide ones..

I hope that helps some.