Kit Gun/T-Grip

[DARE]

Yea or Nay?
Have this Model of 1955 .22/32 Airweight Kit Gun. I like it for several reasons. It belonged to my father. It is fairly early. Shipped July 1955, think the 1st ones were November 1954. My dad had S&W add RRWO sights. At first they said they could not do it because the front sight blade was too narrow for the tool they used. My dad was an engineer and knew a bit about tooling. He suggested another tool. S&W agreed that would work and installed the sights.
Found this Tyler's T-Grip in some stuff from the old gun store. My dad liked the T-Grip, especially on a Square Butt J Frame.
What do y'all think? Should it go or should it stay?

Also have some correspondence for the gun.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

... the T-Grip.
Should it go or should it stay?

I'd prefer the black Tyler T on a blued revolver, but if I didn't have one I'd sure leave that one on there.

 

[Retired W4]

Not a fan of the T-grip. The SB J frame fits my hand just fine. Like Bob said, the black ones look better on a blue gun.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

J & K T-Grips sell out faster than any of the others. About 30 years ago I had bought out a supplier and had around 350 T-Grips, First show I sold out the 56 K-frame and 3/4 of the J frame models. I still have about 80 for Colts!

Ivan

 

[Sixgun100]

T grip looks great! I also would prefer the darker one on a blued revolver. Enjoy that special one!

 

[CajunBass]

If I had it, I'd sure use it.

 

[Lucnic]

I like it, but I have a 3” 31-1 set up just like this so I’m prejudiced.

 

[Valmet]

For some reason the grip adapters look odd to me on smaller guns like that, but to each their own. It’s a nice example

 

[gwpercle]

I'm an old school shooter , back in the day the Tyler T-Grip was the first thing you put on a S&W to fill the area behind the trigger guard ...
cheaper and faster than Custom Grips back then .
The look doesn't bother me at all ...
I kinda like the "Retro" thing ...
I vote ...Keep It !

The model 58 in my avatar had a Tyler-T and the factory stocks before I had Kim Ahrend make some Retro-Combats in Rosewood a few years ago .
A now retired Police Officer friend , carried the model 58 for 20 years as his duty revolver with the factory grips and Tyler-T grip adapter ... it looked just like the adapter in your photo ...just N-frame sized !
I LIKE IT !
Gary

 

[Inland7-45]

Nice kit gun. I really like S&Ws from that era. I have a pre model 30 from 1955 and an early model number 42 that shipped in 1959.

The grip adapter looks great.

 

[Pisgah]

Oh, that looks awful. Send it to me...