Ropers, Kings, Matheis Gagne??

[captain john]

Can anyone tell me any good info on these grips?? They are numbered to the gun. Thanks capt. John

 

[VM]

Can anyone tell me any good info on these grips?? They are numbered to the gun. Thanks capt. John

They are beautiful John but do not believe they are any of the names you mention.
I think they were crafted by an individual at home and are "one offs". I think this person was talented in wood and metal. The disks and escutcheons look like spun aluminum from your pics. I think this artist stamped his serial number in the grips when he was done making them.
They are very nice and well made.

 

[rct269]

I am quite comfortable saying what they are not---not Roper/Gagne.

I have no clue as to what they are.

Ralph Tremaine

 

[paplinker]

I do not understand the pin in the hole that would normally hold the frame pin. Is that pin part of the grip?

 

[DCWilson]

Some Herrett stocks have that partially exposed backstrap, and some Sanderson stocks as well -- but I don't know about those interior rounds. They look pretty custom to me, as VM observed.

The serial number we see would be found on a postwar N-frame, but the revolver itself looks like it might be a K-frame because of the lack of an ejector rod shroud. Can you identify the revolver for us, or at least specify the chambering? It's obviously a target model because of the grooved fore- and backstraps, as well as the adjustable rear sight. The hammer profile makes it a postwar transitional, but what appears to be a single-line address stamp says it was manufactured in early 1948 or before -- which doesn't completely square with the serial number.

EDITED TO ADD: Based on additional info below, I see that I read the stamped number on the stocks incorrectly. It makes perfect sense for that number to be on a late 1930s specimen of a K-22 Outdoorsman.

 

[captain john]

S&W grips

Everyone: Thanks for all the info. The grips are on a K-22 Outdoorsman circa 1930's. I had a gentlemen named Jim Rogers who I think is pretty skookum in grips say they were NOT Roper or others but a real nice pair of knock offs. Realize this was during the depression so making money to feed a family was paramount. So while not Roper or others they are real nice. The fact they had the gun serial # on the inside. Here's a pair of pre war 22/32 kit guns I found over the years: http://smith-wessonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=274696&stc=1&d=1489464916
I hope I'm attaching these right. I think the pre war 22/32 kit guns are my favorite.

 

[captain john]

K-22 Outdoorsman

Everyone: The pin in the grips is the pin in the gun and just came out with the grips.

 

[paplinker]

Everyone: Thanks for all the info. The grips are on a K-22 Outdoorsman circa 1930's. I had a gentlemen named Jim Rogers who I think is pretty skookum in grips say they were NOT Roper or others but a real nice pair of knock offs. Realize this was during the depression so making money to feed a family was paramount. So while not Roper or others they are real nice. The fact they had the gun serial # on the inside. Here's a pair of pre war 22/32 kit guns I found over the years: http://smith-wessonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=274696&stc=1&d=1489464916
I hope I'm attaching these right. I think the pre war 22/32 kit guns are my favorite.

OK So the first number is a 6.

The pin had me scratching my head. Have not encountered a pin coming out of a frame before.

Looks like you gun is about 1938-39 I like the grips. Seem made for a larger hand.