Question On 29-3 Grips

[Nick B]

Saw a mint 29-3 for sale locally today . It had a target trigger and hammer but the grips were the standard factory wood grips . Not sure what the proper name for them is . Magna ? Service ?
Anyway did some of these N frames get shipped without the target grips ?
Unfortunately no box .
Thanks in advance.

 

[DR505]

These are what came on mine:

I personally have not seen a 29-3 with Magnas.

 

[Doc44]

Model 29-3s were shipped with target stocks made of Goncalo alves.

Bill

 

[Nick B]

These are what came on mine:

I personally have not seen a 29-3 with Magnas.

Thanks for the reply. The gun is beautiful with a 6” barrel but I’m just wondering about the grips . Price is $900.00 .
Same owner has a model 13 and a model 25-2 . All mint but no boxes .

 

[boykinlp]

Saw a mint 29-3 for sale locally today . It had a target trigger and hammer but the grips were the standard factory wood grips . Not sure what the proper name for them is . Magna ? Service ?
Anyway did some of these N frames get shipped without the target grips ?
Unfortunately no box .
Thanks in advance.

Owner probably took the Target grips off, sold them, and replaced them with Magna grips, either to make some $$ or because the Target grips were too large for small hands.
Larry

 

[stansdds]

The 29-3 should have Goncalo Alves target stocks.

 

[TAROMAN]

Same here:

 

[jmiles1960]

The correct style S&W Target grips are shown on the two 29-3's in the above pictures. Note the "speed loader" cutout on the left grip panel.

 

[RT44nut]

3 of my 29-3s that shipped in Feb, Apr, and Sept of 1983, have the targets with the extractor relief. Info I’ve seen, said the speed loader cutout for N frames came in 1983 and the 29-3s started in 1982. I’m sure Smith used up every set of the extractor relief grips.

 

[stansdds]

RT44nut is correct, S&W would not have wasted a bunch of football stocks when the speed loader stocks were introduced. Early production examples of the 29-3 most likely would have shipped with football stocks until S&W exhausted the supply of football stocks.

 

[Doc44]

Model 29-3s and Model 629-1s shipped in 1982 and possibly into 1983 have stocks with the relieved (not the full cut out) area on the left stock panel. The speed loader cut was introduced sometime later in 1983.

Bill