Help Identifying S&W Grips/Stocks

[thadheth]

Don't quite know what these fit. 1930's? Square butt? Altered bottoms? I'd really appreciate some expert opinions. Thanks in advance.

 

[Modified]

Certainly altered at that the base there, started life as square butt I think. Small medallions, 1930s is right too I think (or early early 40's). K frame.

 

[thadheth]

Thank you Sixgun Strumpet. Altered for a frame that was ground down, perhaps.....

 

[Modified]

Thank you Sixgun Strumpet. Altered for a frame that was ground down, perhaps.....

I've seen that modification before. In fact with a little googling:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1961-1980/83848-combat-custom-revolvers.html#post762467

Look a bit familiar?

 

[thadheth]

Oh, well......paid too much for those.....perhaps I'll find a gun that they'll look good on. (Well, a gun with a serial number, of course.)
Thanks, Sixgun Strumpet, for your expertise.

 

[DWalt]

About all I can say is that the style is what S&W used during the decade of the 1930s, and up to about 1941. And the base seems to have been rounded.

 

[thadheth]

Thanks for the confirmation DWalt. From all indications they are just a set of butchered stocks......oh, well.....

 

[DCWilson]

Thanks for the confirmation DWalt. From all indications they are just a set of butchered stocks......oh, well.....

"Modified," to be sure, but I think "butchered" is too strong a word. 1930s K-frame stocks with sharp checking and unworn high points can be quite valuable. Those might be worth restoring. A couple of the gifted woodworkers on this forum could put them back to their original square butt configuration with no visible evidence of repair.

 

[tjpopkin]

Is it possible these are actually I-J frame service grips from the later Regulation Police guns in the 40's & 50's. The grips were square butt without the rebated backstrap and rounded bottoms. Just a thought!

 

[VM]

Is it possible these are actually I-J frame service grips from the later Regulation Police guns in the 40's & 50's. The grips were square butt without the rebated backstrap and rounded bottoms. Just a thought!

no, they are modified K's
way too big for RP