Not quite a Coke but almost??

[Model29-26.5]

Hi guys,
What is this stock called. Very close to a Coke. No cut out.
Thanks

 

[PaulDoc]

Hi guys,
What is this stock called. Very close to a Coke. No cut out.
Thanks

Non-relieved target stocks.

 

[s&wchad]

I'd describe those as N frame non-relieved diamond target stocks. They look like walnut to me and date to the early 1950's...

 

[lihpster]

A Pepsi??????

 

[Truckman]

A Pepsi??????

Boooo...Hisssss......Ben

 

[stansdds]

RC and a Moon Pie?

 

[Retired W4]

Hi guys,
What is this stock called. Very close to a Coke. No cut out.
Thanks

NRT's in the collector vernacular. I find it interesting that the checkering pattern goes that low on those. I would like to see them from the rear so we can see the relation of checkering to the heal of the grip frame. On Cokes it always goes below the butt, not so on most NRT's.

 

[Model29-26.5]

NRT's in the collector vernacular. I find it interesting that the checkering pattern goes that low on those. I would like to see them from the rear so we can see the relation of checkering to the heal of the grip frame. On Cokes it always goes below the butt, not so on most NRT's.

Yes. That's what made me wonder.
The checkering is a little wider too? Maybe?
Certainly not stock targets.

 

[Doc44]

Checkering patterns varied somewhat depending on who was setting up and running the stocking machine. You might it "manufacturing variation".

Bill

 

[murphydog]

In the photo above, the upper part of the panel seems to have a gradual relief, more a slope than a football?

In my observations, the older standard Target stocks tended to be a little more oval in cross-section and generally wider checkered areas. As time passed they got more "blocky" and narrow checkering.

 

[quinn]

Non relieved targets seem to have dated between 1952 and '58 according to what I have read. Some of these have serial numbers stamped into the right panel like non target grips. I have heard (rumored) that these numbered grips were destined for the pre 29 44 magnums but then the order was changed to what we now call "cokes". A couple of sets that I had had numbers but I never checked with Doc44 to see if the numbers matched 44 magnums. However, the numbers did not match the guns they were on. And, those guns actually lettered with NRTs.

 

[glowe]

Something is not quite right with those stocks. The way they present are not non-relieved or relieved target stocks. The non-relieved stocks had a convex rounded top and the relieved had a very distinctive "football" cutout at the top. Your stocks appear not to be either, so may have been altered from original factory?

 

[glowe]

BTW, does anyone know the true history of "Coke" stocks? I have never read anywhere that the company ordered them made? Have always wondered if a particular worker just made them that way?

 

[Doc44]

I have always believed the coke bottle shape was an artifact of manufacturing and never planned or designed. Special oversize stocks used on 44 Magnums beginning in 1956 have a larger area of checkering and are somewhat thinner than diamond targets. Specifications for these stocks were defined (I am certain) in company documents, but I have no idea where.

Bill

 

[Dosgatos]

In the photo above, the upper part of the panel seems to have a gradual relief, more a slope than a football?

I also see the "gradual relief", which makes me think that they are non-relieved target which someone modified with an extractor cutout. But the checkering pattern is larger, like cokes, so the mystery continues.

Enclosed is a set of targets I sold some years ago. I suspect these started life as non-relieved target and someone added a similar (though larger) cutout.

 

[jkingrph]

I have a couple of sets, very similar, that I "acquired" when I was in the USAF back in the early 70's I installed them on my K 22 and K38