Square Butt J Frames

[dlbleak]

Oooh. I like it. I'll have one coming in a few weeks.

(flipped your neat photo)

Thank you!

 

[EldoEsq]

Probably my favorite gun I own...36-7

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[Retired W4]

As for the Body Guard/Centennials, I'm not sure the SB would have gone over too well. The SB on those models would negate the advantage of ankle/pocket carry. Even the J-RB targets can print a little to much in those cases. Just my opinion from personal experience.

 

[mbliss57]

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.

YES... I don't have it anymore but I used to have a SB Chiefs Special Airweight that also had the rare aluminum alloy cylinder.
It was not possible to shoot without changing out the cylinder but I had it in the original box as a collector gun. So all the way back to the early 1950s S&W was making them. I also have a model 37 SB from the mid 1960s.

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

Was there ever a true square butt J frame where the front and rear grip corners are not rounded? Like on my project pre Model 10?

 

[wetdog1911]

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.

i only have 1 square butt, a M34-1 snubby, but also have the same gun in round butt. The round butt came with the checkered 'banana' grips, but those were quickly exchanged for the smooth banana's.

I have square butt target grips, but neither my wife or care for them on the snubbies. They just seem to overwhelm the symmetry of the revolver. The magnas are nearly perfect as is. but I do have the smooth version on order from Altamont. The 'silverback' laminate (cheapest). The checkering on the magnas is just a bit too agressive for either of us.

However, they are beautiful on a 4" M63, or M34-1. I stopped my M34-1 buying a bit too quick and do not have a 4" square butt. Not likely to get one either with the prices they are bringing now compared to 2019 when I bought mine.

Rob

 

[Kurusu]

A swallow can’t carry a coconut! A 5 ounce bird can’t carry a one pound coconut? Plus it’s a temperate zone, there are no coconuts.

It could be carried by an African swallow.

 

[wetdog1911]

I'll see with the Altamonts AFA their disclaimer about allowing 6-9 weeks for delivery.

I checked the Altamont web site every week or so for the smooth magna J frame square butt and it always had a "Not available" on the photo.

This last time the 'not available' was gone and a "buy" button was next to the pic, which I immediately clicked on and ordered.

So, apparently, they had just completed a run and were ready to ship. I'll see just how long it takes before they're headed my way. In any event, they ARE in process, so, I'm happy with that.

Rob

 

[PeteC]

...
I have square butt target grips, but neither my wife or care for them on the snubbies. They just seem to overwhelm the symmetry of the revolver...

The target grips do look a little bulky on a 2" J-frame, especially the older style which is thicker in the palm area. I like them on the 3" version.

And as someone else said above, it is an easy way to turn a round butt into a square butt if you prefer that look or feel.

edit: the "older" version I was referring to is on the right in the pics

 

[shawn mccarver]

Didn't John Jovino have a run of square butt Model 60s in both 2- and 3-inch?

I know the square butt Model 36 was a favorite of NYPD plainclothes officers.

For those who came in late, John Jovino was the famous gun store in Manhattan that used to get the police business. I understand it finally closed a few months ago. The store opened in 1911, which is easy to remember because of the Colt 1911. The Imperato family (the family that owns Henry Repeating Arms) owned the store since the 1920s.

Jovino got S&W to make some special runs for them, and they also bought up a bunch of Model 25s back in the 70s or 80s and made a nifty N-frame .45 Colt snub nose called the "Effector" if I recall correctly.

 

[PeteC]

Didn't John Jovino have a run of square butt Model 60s in both 2- and 3-inch?

Yes, 1984. The model 60 on the left in my pics above is one of the 3" examples, and there is a pic of the 2" version in post 7.

There seem to be quite a few Model 60 Jovino revolvers in this forum. They do get around. A few weeks ago I noticed one with German proofs online, and another described simply as "3-inch Model 60 SB" sold on GB.

edit: Notice the shape of the longer SB frame and the location of the pin that allows the same target stock to be used for both.

 

[GT_80]

As for the Body Guard/Centennials, I'm not sure the SB would have gone over too well. The SB on those models would negate the advantage of ankle/pocket carry. Even the J-RB targets can print a little to much in those cases. Just my opinion from personal experience.

I want a blued Centennial so bad...

 

[Retired W4]

Didn't John Jovino have a run of square butt Model 60s in both 2- and 3-inch?

I know the square butt Model 36 was a favorite of NYPD plainclothes officers.

For those who came in late, John Jovino was the famous gun store in Manhattan that used to get the police business. I understand it finally closed a few months ago. The store opened in 1911, which is easy to remember because of the Colt 1911. The Imperato family (the family that owns Henry Repeating Arms) owned the store since the 1920s.

Jovino got S&W to make some special runs for them, and they also bought up a bunch of Model 25s back in the 70s or 80s and made a nifty N-frame .45 Colt snub nose called the "Effector" if I recall correctly.

Couldn't pull up the 25-2 Jovino type.. Never mind. There it is.

A couple SB J-frames Airweights. A 43 and 37.

 

[RubEric]

Model 43: .22rf, Alloy frame, alloy cylinder. I made the grips.

 

[GT_80]

It’s been a while since I posted. How about a model 50?

Thats a beauty! I'd love to find one

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Finally snapped a few shots of bits from my two favorite collections.

Here's a 1972 manufactured, 1978 assembled and shipped Model 60-1
3" Heavy Barrel square butt. There were 171 of these.

A friend recently fed my other habit when he gave this huge,
unabridged dictionary published in 1971 to me.

 

[Targets Guy]

I have one with matching grips.


A Model 36 that shipped 3/1974

 

[jjmIII_Ruger]

 

[Old cop]

One of my favorite Js is the Model 37 SB but aside from several pictured here, they’re hard to find.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

One of my favorite Js is the Model 37 SB but aside from several pictured here, they’re hard to find.

I grabbed this one last week. Felt mighty lucky. Shipped November '64.

(seller's photo)