N-Frame Goncalo Diamond Targets.....

[WickedSharp]

Hello,

Are these hard to find, and what should I expect to pay for a nice set?

 

[WickedSharp]

Hello,

Are these hard to find, and what should I expect to pay for a nice set?

 

[Culina]

If you are talking original diamond targets out of GA then you are looking at about $350

 

[kwbikr]

I have a set I'm about to put on the forum for sale if you're interested...you can email me from my profile and I can send you a pic...KW

 

[44wheelman]

Relieved or non-relieved?... big price difference

 

[GLL]

They are not very common and now fetch a good price when available !

44wheelman: Have you ever seen a set without the football relief?

kwbiker: Could you please post a photo of your grips here for us all to enjoy?

This set is not coated with Urathane !

Just an excess of oil that was not wiped off before the photo. The second photo of the 25-2s is very old and washed out looking.

Jerry

 

[Doc44]

A pair of non-relieved stocks made of Goncalo alves from the early 70s (only pair I have ever seen or heard of) and a pair of coke bottle stocks without the relieved area (also Goncalo alves) from 1955.

Bill

 

[WickedSharp]

Thanks guys.
The ones I have stumbled onto have the football cutout and look just like GLL's.

Any value over $90.00 bucks will be gravy.
These really don't fetch $350 do they?

 

[SJshooter]

On the major auction sites (where prices can go 10-50% more than folks in this forum would consider reasonable), people will pay a heavy premium for diamond N-frame stocks, over just the standard targets (typically $140-250). If you can get a set as nice as the ones in these pics for $100 - GRAB THEM!

 

[GLL]

Bill:

Thank you ! I did not realize they were ever made in GA without the relief.

Jerry

 

[Doc44]

Jerry...The pairs pictured are the only two I have ever seen. S&W must not have made many.

Bill

 

[Culina]

I learned something new again today. I had new Idea S&W ever made diamond targets out of GA that are not Cokes

 

[44wheelman]

Exceptions aside, then what Jerry was trying to point out to me was that the early 50's non-relieved diamond targets were not made of GA, but rather what looks like Walnut? Sorry for the ignorance. So apparently Goncalo Alves wasn't used by Smith for grips prior to when, 1955/56?

 

[GLL]

44wheelman:

I did not know myself ! I was really interested to see if you had a set since there is always that possibility with S&W !

I am pleased Bill jumped in. If he has not seen them then I am pretty sure the rest of us probably have not either !

Jerry

 

[Doc44]

All of the checked target stocks that date to the mid-50s or a little earlier are made of walnut (one exception, above). These stocks do not have the relieved area on the left panel. Plain (unchecked) target stocks of the same vintage are usually made of rosewood or Goncalo alves. Why S&W did not make checked target stocks during this period from rosewood or Goncalo alves is anybody's guess, but I suspect it was related to cost and the fact they used this wood for plain fancy stocks to be used on special guns.

Bill

 

[Gun 4 Fun]

Gll- What time period are the two 25's from. I noticed quite a bit of difference in the two of them.

 

[Gun 4 Fun]

I see someone just posted a picture of a K-32 with diamond targets with no relief or football cut too.

 

[kwbikr]

Here are the N diamonds I have available...pretty certain they're walnut and not in the mint category of the others shown here...but not $350 either...I have them on the classifieds at $225 with 200+ looks and no takers...I'll go down to $200 before I take them to eBay...