Need Help With this Old Chief

[TexasTech69]

Thanks to everyone for comments and suggestions, I appreciate it.

Two-Bit,
I'll save the clean-up of this old chief so I'll have something to do while the snow is on the ground. I know how to get ahold of you if I decide to part with the pearls.

RW

 

[handejector]

I agree that the grips are not Factory because the escutcheons are not Factory, however-

Although after WWII S&W factory supplied premium grips including pearl without S&W medallions, those are not S&W factory grips because one side has a hollow area. Factory grips are premium quality with no hollows, and were the same thickness on both sides.

That is simply INCORRECT.
I have owned numerous pairs of Factory pearl grips from the early 1900s and later. I still own several pairs.
Many of them have had hollows. None of those hollows extend all the way to the edge, but some get very close, so they are not visible mounted on the gun. Refusing to allow any hollows on the backs would decrease the supply of pearl drastically, and some beautiful pearl would be wasted.
I agree they are usually the same thickness.

 

[Hondo44]

Lee,

I’m sure you’ve seen more factory pearl grips than me. I’ve just never observed any with hollows.