Please help identify some grips (so I can actually attempt to match gun and proper grips). Inspired partly by another thread here,
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1961-1980/625403-model-17-2-grips-question.html
All fit K-frame square butt. Thanks for any comments or corrections.
In the past I have usually bought guns depending on what I was interested in shooting at the time, regardless of what grips they happened to have, sometimes replacing worn wood with new rubber. More recently, and thanks to other members here, I have been trying to put a little more order into the grip situation.
This is about how far I have been able to get so far, and reading the SCSW book. Left to right, oldest to latest:
1) Light Walnut Target Stocks. Checkered, with extractor relief cut. NOS, stamped with part number on the RH grip. Original finish. No diamond center, blued circle insert. Shipped 1967 to mid 1970's (depending on source).
2) Goncalo Alves(?) Target Stocks. Checkered, extractor relief cut. Take-offs with original finish. Silver washer. Shipped ~1970 to mid-1980's(??).
3) Rosewood(??) or GA Presentation Stocks. Smooth, with speedloader cut, and corresponding cut on the right side. Refinished. No washer, S&W medallions riveted to wood. As far as I can tell, "presentation" stocks have identical cuts on both side, to show commemorative stamp on side plate (??). Mid 80's and later?
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1961-1980/625403-model-17-2-grips-question.html
All fit K-frame square butt. Thanks for any comments or corrections.
In the past I have usually bought guns depending on what I was interested in shooting at the time, regardless of what grips they happened to have, sometimes replacing worn wood with new rubber. More recently, and thanks to other members here, I have been trying to put a little more order into the grip situation.
This is about how far I have been able to get so far, and reading the SCSW book. Left to right, oldest to latest:
1) Light Walnut Target Stocks. Checkered, with extractor relief cut. NOS, stamped with part number on the RH grip. Original finish. No diamond center, blued circle insert. Shipped 1967 to mid 1970's (depending on source).
2) Goncalo Alves(?) Target Stocks. Checkered, extractor relief cut. Take-offs with original finish. Silver washer. Shipped ~1970 to mid-1980's(??).
3) Rosewood(??) or GA Presentation Stocks. Smooth, with speedloader cut, and corresponding cut on the right side. Refinished. No washer, S&W medallions riveted to wood. As far as I can tell, "presentation" stocks have identical cuts on both side, to show commemorative stamp on side plate (??). Mid 80's and later?
