Help Identify K Frame Target Stocks
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Those are nice looking grips, OP.
The current Shooting Star grips have the front wrap checkering again. Yay!
Herrett's have been doing their thing for a loooooooooong time, or forever---which ever comes first. They're the only made to order grips I ever used---way back when I was a shooter. Looking at their current offerings, they're nicer looking than those of the time, and I reckon they'll do the job just as well.
Ralph Tremaine
Ralph Tremaine
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I wish they were mine! But no. I DON’T know my way around wood stocks enough to Value them when I do see them. But the checkering on these Wow.
AND considering the Collection these came from, I “wanted to add value!!
My estimation based on NOTHING not even the manufacturer was $500 ??
I believe someone got a BARGAIN here,
Congratulations
gwpercle
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Herrett's is still alive and well making ... Stocks ... they have always called them stocks instead of grips ... but they still making them ...
I visited their web site yesterday ... Christmas Shopping !
Gary
I visited their web site yesterday ... Christmas Shopping !
Gary
And "Stocks" they are 'cause S&W says so---and have been since a loooooooong time!!
And if you're wondering, those "stocks" go on the "grip" frame.
Go figure!
Ralph Tremaine
And if you're wondering, those "stocks" go on the "grip" frame.
Go figure!
Ralph Tremaine
OP
I never knew if this set of stocks were Herrett’s or not?
No markings on either stock just the tracks of a CNC machine!
They are a handful but I Used to be able to palm a basketball.
I’ve snapped them on most every K frame I have with target sights, I like them.
No comparison to the previous set, on THOSE the wood alone does not look like something off a shelf, and hand cut?
I would believe this set has PRESSED checkering?
mostly machine made?
No markings on either stock just the tracks of a CNC machine!
They are a handful but I Used to be able to palm a basketball.
I’ve snapped them on most every K frame I have with target sights, I like them.
No comparison to the previous set, on THOSE the wood alone does not look like something off a shelf, and hand cut?
I would believe this set has PRESSED checkering?
mostly machine made?
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OP, the wood on those is quite nice. Herrett's are usually a rather paler, very plain grade of walnut. Shooting Stars can be found on Ebay and the rest of the usual places for ~$50 in good shape.
If you look closely at that checkering, you'll see that's it's a bit arthritic looking. I have a couple of pairs of these, and when examining them, one can see that the guy doing the checkering was moving quickly.
They're nice stocks - I like them for how well they fit my hand, but I wouldn't go as high as $100 for the ones you posted. Maybe $75, because the wood is especially nice.
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1950's / 60's Sile or Mershon branded from Sile. Made in Italy.
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OP
I’m reading the Box label and don’t see a K frame listed!!!
I also posted they snap right on and I enjoy using them. But I didn’t say they fit. Here they are on a BSR and (I don’t want to remove the swivel) an early 44 Special.
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OP
I’ve had these for a long time. For target shooting my old guns I like everything about them and I can leave the original stocks at home.
Deluxe Wood is noticeable and when I look at the butt it Should look as “ bookends,, I see this on early factory service stocks occasionally.
You have a very nice set there
This is purely a SWAG based on hands on experience a loooooooooong time ago---1950's-60's. Herrett's products were (comparatively) butt ugly to look at, and fit the gun and your hand with PERFECTION!!
Time passed, and things changed---they look a lot better now. They don't compete in the works of art world of Keith Brown and his contemporaries, just at the range---where they just work. I've never had a set of KB grips, nor those of his contemporaries. If I had, they'd have been placed on the mantle---displayed as works of art-----no way in hell would I have put them on a gun to be used---they deserve better!
Ralph Tremaine
Time passed, and things changed---they look a lot better now. They don't compete in the works of art world of Keith Brown and his contemporaries, just at the range---where they just work. I've never had a set of KB grips, nor those of his contemporaries. If I had, they'd have been placed on the mantle---displayed as works of art-----no way in hell would I have put them on a gun to be used---they deserve better!
Ralph Tremaine
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OP
Very well said Ralph, I believe your point is very well understood.
I’m remembering more than 30 (?) years ago when I got these, attached to a 15-3. I knew they didn’t fit with the 1/2 gap but they did fit tight on the K frame, and I thought they improved my shooting (experience ) in many ways. But I never knew what they were until SG-688 posted ELABORATE in this thread!
SG-688 thank you
I never knew these were N Frame stocks, why? Because I never owned a N Frame (it’s not my area) until recently.
These were the stocks that phased out the “rubber‘grips” I had accumulated.
I have a pair of Herretts Shooting Stars on my Model 67. They are just perfect as far as size and comfort for my average size hand.
Herrett stocks transformation
Here is a thread I posted a few years ago regarding the refinishing of my stocks.
Here is a thread I posted a few years ago regarding the refinishing of my stocks.
diecidecimi
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Your grips are Italian SILE, as said by SG-688. I well know them , their shape, checkering and brass escutcheon.
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Ditto. As soon as I clicked on the first photo one word came to mind.
Herret's - and a very nice older set.
The more "sculpted" target stocks in your later posts look more like Siles to me.
JMO, and (as always) YMMV....
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OP
,,,”a few years ago,,,” This is very nice work.
Thank you for the link
I have to ask , how many “few in ten?
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