K Frame Large Medallion HE Stocks

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I just got these back from DWFAN, and once again he did an outstanding job. Look at the before and after photos.

Can Weatherby, or another stock guru, provide me some more information about these? I know they were made for only a short time and are scarce. I appreciate any information you can offer.

Thanks Paul! I appreciate your time and effort on these.

 
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Wow, those look good. They are uncommon because Smith made few guns in the 1930's. They had a huge inventory of pistols manufactured in the 1920's before the Great Depression hit in 1929. The silver medallion came into use around 1930. No need to make guns after that since they had so many in inventory. During the 1930's they were selling off the old/new guns they were stuck with complete with the grips that had no medallion. Serial numbers meant nothing when it came to when a gun was sold and shipped as these guns manufactured in the 1920's were pulled, sold, and shipped.
 
These came off a gun that shipped from the factory on October 31, 1930, SN was 6105XX. The gun was in such rough shape that it really wasn't recoverable. I'm glad the stocks could be salvaged though.
 
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S&W made 3 changes to the medallion stocks around that time frame, IIRC. One was gold and the others were silver (chrome). Again, IIRC (am getting older and recollection ain't what it used to be). I believe glowe has posted about the details several times.
 
I only have the following notes from that era.

1920 K frame stocks were convex without medallions. Medallions added 3/18/29 and were flush mounted, flat gold plated. Changed that same year to flush mounted, large flat chrome plated over brass. All walnut stocks were convex from then on Magna stocks. Large chrome medallion K stocks maybe only made for a few months for less than one year from mid-1929 up to early-1930 and serial numbers in the 61X,XXX range only. Very scarce.
 
These stocks numbered to the gun and shipped in October of 1930. They're in the right serial number range, too. I will be offering them here first, then off to auction sites.
 
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DWFAN said:
Gary weren't the gold medallions dished??

Paul
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What I was referring to were gold medallion stocks made basically only in 1929, and not the teens gold medallion stocks. I learned this from one of our long-time member/experts, but have never ran across any. If someone can add information about these mythical stocks along with a picture, that would be great. Did they even exist?
 
So you stock gurus what do you think these are worth ??
First time I have ever asked this question.

Paul
 
DWFAN said:
They exist. Found a pair in my wood pile.
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The odd thing about these grips is that the wood at the top just below the medallion is concave like pre-1917 style, not convex like the medallion grips that followed the post-WW1 non-medallion grips.
 
Chris, not odd. Except for K frame small medallion stocks all that I have seen from that era are dished around the medallion.

Paul
 
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