Square Butt J Frames

[Cal44]

I like square butt J frames.

My question is, were there ever any square butt centennials or hump back bodyguards (like the 49, 38, 649) made with square butts?

Here are few of mine:

36-1 3"
37-0 3"
31-1 2"

I also have a 37-0 2" but no picture of it.

Please post pictures of yours.

 

[EldoEsq]

Only have one...36

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[MetalMan]

Need to get a better photo of this one....

Model 36ND ca. 1983....

 

[Absalom]

Also only one: A 1959 Model 36, ex-NYPD.

 

[hittman77]

36 w/period correct Tyler T ..... this is just how I bought it from the original owner. He added the T when new.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

No, S&W didn't make square butt Centennials or Bodyguards.

Here are a few of my favorite square butt Chiefs:

October 1953 Airweight, 29522, 1 of 923 square butts with an aluminum cylinder, according to Dr. Jinks

May 1956, 55693, Bright blue finish

October 1959, Model 36

December 1962, Model 36, nickel

 

[NavySCPO]

J-Frame Square

My two favorites...Probably because they are the only two I own.

Model 36 no dash from 1971.

Model 60 John Jovino from 1984.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I had a square butt nickel M36. Bought it from a former Oklahoma LEO in the early 80s for 125 bucks. Carried it a lot in a specially built briefcase, way before the concealed carry law was passed. I never really liked it so I gave it to a friend when he told me he wanted a J frame for his wife. Actually, that was fun, because I mailed it to his house out of state and I think he fainted when he opened the box. Long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

He's long gone now, and more's the pity, he was one of the best friends I ever had. We swapped a lot of of guns through the mail over the years. Bad boys! Vietnam vet, LA Sheriff's Office retiree, gun dealer at some point in time, super gun knowledgeable, and all around great man. I still miss him.

But thanks for the memories!

 

[JP@AK]

I like square butt J frames.

Please post pictures of yours.

I, too, prefer my J frame revolvers with square butts. I frames too. I find I'm able to shoot them better than the round butts, since they fit my hand better and put my trigger finger in the right place with less effort.

I carried this Model 36 of 1964 vintage for several years:

I no longer carry it because I was able to purchase old ivory stocks for it from a fellow SWCA member. If I ever had to use it for defense, I didn't want those ivories to end up in a PD property room. I don't have a photo of it wearing ivory.

 

[VaTom]

Great revolvers all. Don't forget the J frame square butt 22lr. The only J frame I have. A 1981 Model 63. Took me some time to find the square butt J frame target grips but found them (NOS) on Ebay a few years back.

 

[Kurusu]

Only have one J frame.

A 31-1 3 "

 

[saemetric]

A model 63.

 

[reccpd101]

There are several grip manufactories who make round butt to square butt conversion grips that feel and look like stock J frame square butts. I've had several on J frame Centennial & Bodyguard models over the past 50 years. For me they feel better with a T grip. One manufacturer is Altamount. Herretts custom makes their detective stocks to achieve round to square or at least they used to.

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

Pardon my ignorance but is there such a thing as a lightweight J frame with a square butt? I have a 342-1 and several pre model 10 square butt snubnose rebolvers. All the nice revolvers posted here look like steel frame guns.

 

[gnystrom]

Mod 36, (1961)

 

[Cal44]

Pardon my ignorance but is there such a thing as a lightweight J frame with a square butt? I have a 342-1 and several pre model 10 square butt snubnose rebolvers. All the nice revolvers posted here look like steel frame guns.

In my initial post I posted a picture of a Model 37.

Model 37s are Aluminum frame AirWeights. I have two of them with square butts.

Below is a 2" 37. Weighs a little over 14 oz.

 

[reccpd101]

The model 37 is the only one I am aware of

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

Thanks, another Quest begins. Where did I put my coconuts? Clop-clop.

 

[Chop]

Model 60-1 square butt.

 

[GerSan69]

I'm about to have two: a Model 34-2 and a 36 that I won last week on GB.