Ed's Combat Club

[AveragEd]

I just thought I would show these five S&Ws with Combat stocks. From left to right, they are 2-1/2" 66-4, 4" 617ND, 6" 617ND, 6" 629-1 and 5" 629-3 Classic DX. The third and fourth guns have S&W factory stocks; the other three have Thailand copies. The ones on the 629DX are round butt-to-square conversions; I also have a set of round butt Combats for it in the same wood.

I was never a big fan of Combat stocks years ago and admit to being one of those who sold or otherwise disposed of (as in put "away" somewhere never to surface again) the ones that came on my new guns and can't bring myself to pay the current going rate for them but after recently discovering this eBay seller's goods, I'm liking them a lot more.

Ed

 

[NCBeagle]

All of those look great. I'll say, the Thailand copies are getting better and better. They are a solid alternate to factory combats. Good post.


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[Green Frog]

Nothing wrong with Thai grips! Here is a picture of my Model 60-4 that came to me with those Ugly Mike's from the factory, and the custom Project 616 built on a LEO trade-in Model 66 ND that has had so many different grips on it over the years I can't remember what came on it.
As far as dealing with the Thai vendors, I specified I wanted as dark as I could get, like ebony, and the J frame round butts came out perfect. I wish the K frame square butt grips were darker, but they sure feel good.

Froggie