Grip adapters

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I was doing some internet research that pointed me to Dave Ballantyne for repro S&W grip adapters (as were offered on the Reg. magnum etc). But that was dated information. Still available by him or anyone else?
 
To the best of my knowledge the repros are long gone---other than those you might stumble upon in the aftermarket.

That said, I've had the need for a set of K frame adapters on two different occasions (Originals preferred, but not fussy enough to do without.) I fired off an email to David Carroll both times. The result was the same both times---a reply as follows: "A small package is in the mail to you. Call me when it arrives."

The small package arrived on both occasions----I called----he said how much to send----and I sent it.

Ralph Tremaine

Oh, and one of them was missing the little screw for the top. It's a 5X44 as I recall---Brownells has them (cheap)---they're too long and the head's too big---both faults corrected in short order by a session at the drill press with a file, a hacksaw------and a dab of cold blue. The end result was better than an original----if I do say so myself!!

AND-------the last time I knew anything about it, the repros were fetching the same price as the originals. (Yeah, I know----but that's the name of the game.)
 
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Thanks very much Mr Tremaine. I pulled one off another 6” gun I had not got around to shooting due to some issues, and put it on a 3-1/2” RM and it gave it a different feel altogether ... which led to some research and the Ballantyne repros popping up. Fun stuff ... the RM “accoutrements” get to be as bad a habit as the RM’s.
 
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