Early 686 Grips

[Benton Quest]

Did early 686's ever come with the football cutout grips, or did they all have the SLC grips?

Everything I see says the footballs went up until 1982. Is this possible?

Thanks!

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[PMRet]

This one shipped in mid 1982 with these speed loader cutouts. And of course, almost anything is possible with Smith & Wesson...

 

[saemetric]

Never seen any early L frames with football grips from factory.

 

[rwadley1]

My 19-4 shipped in 1980 with speed loader cutout stocks. When I acquired it, I was told the football cutout stocks were gone by 1978.

I'm sure to real experts will be along soon.

 

[Dieseltech56]

I think the footballs lasted a few years into the 80s on the N frames.

 

[H Richard]

My 686 no dash from June 1982 had Speed Loader cutout grips.