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For those of you that saw my posts of " My latest acquisition" and "Question on refinishing stocks" I finally got a lovely pair of correct stocks. To recap this is a 1905 4th change target model, serial # 659547. Came with the incorrect stocks. Bought a correct pair and they defiantly had seen better days and didn't go with this 98% revolver. So finally I've got a pair of stocks that go with the condition of the revolver. For those that track that sort of things the replacement stock serial # is 144471
All the best, Kevin
 

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Grim when my "replacement" stocks came to 1/3 what I pained for the revolver. Love to know what the knucklehead did with the original stocks.
 
Beautiful stocks!!! The 144471 SN on the stocks is strange... Not sure what gun they would have gone with originally, as that style of stock usually will be SN'd in the 6XXXXX range.
 
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In my mind it would have been impossible for 38 M&P silver medallion service stocks to be made in 1910. Those stocks look new-built or unused since there is not a trace of a butt-frame shadow. I have no idea why someone would have numbered them that low for a 38 M&P post-factory???

I have to acknowledge that they might have been from a 32-20 M&P??????????
 
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In my mind it would have been impossible for silver medallion service stocks to be made in 1910. Those stocks look new-built since there is not a trace of a butt-frame shadow. I have no idea why someone would have numbered them t
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You guys are great detectives, almost in the category of my wife! They look like quality original stocks to me but probably sanded clean then numbered in a refit another gun. They didn't use die stamps in those days, did they? Not a factory number job anyway, the die stamp is heavy duty style and they didn't use straight line numbers until 1960's or so.

In any case, they look great on the gun and seem to fit really well.
 
I agree that the stamps look correct. They must have been on a K-Frame that was not numbered with the 38 M&Ps. Very cool and they are a period correct great fit on that 38 M&P Target!!!
 
There were two different serial number series for pre-WW2 K-frames. One is the .38 and .22 series, running from 1 to about 750000 or so, and the other is the 32-20 series, running from 1 to about 145000. Other than caliber, the guns and some of their parts are identical and interchangeable. The grips you have are from a 32-20.

It's also the case that there are duplicate serial numbers for the 1st 145000 guns - one will be a .38, and the other will be a 32-20. A lot of confusion results because of this - particularly when it comes to grips.

Regards, Mike Priwer
 
I agree with Gary. That is a very high serial number for a .32-20 (close to the end of the sequence). Since the stocks themselves are from the 1930s, they very well could have been fitted to a late .32-20 shipped in the 1930s. That is the most reasonable supposition.
 
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