Model 10: Round or Square Butt?

Both of my K-38s (a 10 and a 14) are square butted. I prefer that aesthetically, though it's possible that a round butt would conceal better. I've never had an issue concealing my 10-6, but that could be because I'm fat and carry it in a fairly low-riding IWB holster. One of these days I really should try a round butt, just haven't run across one I wanted yet.
 
I have found that a M-10 with the round butt works very well for a short fingered person. Stock grips with a Tyler T allows for a really good feeling grip. I wonder how many shooters have the S&W target grips on their guns for looks & would shoot better with something smaller/properly fitted to their hand?
 
I had never even heard of a 4" round butt till about 1977 when my agency switched from it's well worn S&W M-15's to 4" barreled round butt S&W M-10's.

I put Roger's grips on my and never looked back. I prefer the ergonomics and they're a tiny bit easier to conceal.
 
Seems as though a lot of people like the round butt on guns of less than 4" & the square butt on 4" & longer?
 
My 64 2 inch has a round butt easy to conceal, where my 15 2 inch has a square butt it prints real bad but fills my large hands better, thus I am on a quest to find vertical shoulder rig or cross draw holster for it
 
We talkin guns, or wimmin? I have small paws, and i like round butts.
 
I can't believe how many guns shown here have Magnas but lack Tylers. I'm sure that there are some folks who like factory grips, or stocks as some people mislabel them, but I'm not sure that I ever actually met any.

K frame revolvers with Magnas need Tylers at a minimum, or, better, Rogers or Pachmayr grips. YMMV, and that's fine, but that's the way I see it.
 
It does not hurt a thing to own a variety of S&W fixed sight K frames.
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BE Mike

That is nice, I call it character too.
Wear shows that someone trusted a gun & carried it a lot.
Thanks for sharing.
 
BE Mike

That is nice, I call it character too.
Wear shows that someone trusted a gun & carried it a lot.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. When I got it, it had some Pachmayr grips. The checkering was just about all worn down and they were in pretty terrible condition, so I put on these grips and threw away the "Goodyears". Like most model 10's, this one is a real good shooter and remains tight mechanically. I let my 30 something SIL shoot it a few weeks back. Like many of that generation, he wasn't familiar with revolvers, but after shooting this, he fell in love (don't let my daughter know).
 
Here is my RB model 10 heavy barrel NYPD carried by a female officer in China town for 5 years before going to an auto. I really like the round butt, it seems to fill my hand in a more comfortable manor.

 
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Be Mike

I know what you mean about the goodyears, I don't like them. When I was shooting the old PPC courses we used them pretty regularly. They performed very well in a match. I found that when carrying a gun concealed the rubber stocks would grab clothing & if you bent over it'd either print really badly or cause the clothing to hang on the gun & when you straightened up the gun would be exposed under a clump of clothing that drew attention to the lump on your hip.
Even with large hands I've come to prefer the "magna" type stocks & I do like a T grip with them, but can live without it. The lone exception are a set of Herretts Jordan Troopers I had made years ago. They handle recoil in fast DA shooting very well & I really like those.
Good shooting.
 
On model 10's I prefer the square butt and the tapered barrel - because they balance perfectly.

On women, I prefer round....oh never mind...:rolleyes:

...I better not post THOSE pics either I suppose...
 
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