Types of Smith & Wesson Revolver Grips

[dondavis3]

Thanks for this example of good information.

I've learned a lot.

One question are all Model 66-4 square butts?

 

[Jellybean]

Thanks for this example of good information.

I've learned a lot.

One question are all Model 66-4 square butts?

I'm sure there are members here who know the answer to this without looking it up, at least I knew where to find the answer.

No. Typically round butts were on guns with barrels shorter than 4" until 1995-96 when S&W went to the "all round butt" way of thinking. The 66-4 appears to have been made from 1994 to 1998 so, while there should be some square butt 66-4s, they won't all be regardless of barrel length.

Back to the PC magna grips. I dug out a couple of handguns from my safe and found my 686 was wearing a set of PCs. What I didn't notice from the earlier pictures posted was just how diminutive the checkered area was on them as compared to a standard K frame magna grip.

 

[Buford57]

And now, how about shots of the both sides of the grips with date ranges, e.g. Post-war black washer magnas with and without the relief hole for the rounded rear sideplate screw.

 

[rags]

Hey oldfella! What are these? Smooth targets? Thanks...

rags

 

[oldfella]

Hmm - I wish I were the expert; looks like they have a slight palm swell... just as pretty as the gun, wow!

Pete

 

[rags]

Hmm - I wish I were the expert; looks like they have a slight palm swell... just as pretty as the gun, wow!

Pete

If they are smooth target "Coke's", Am I rich?

rags

 

[Iggy]

How about a pair of PC targets?

No, S&W never made a pair like this.

 

[oldfella]

If they are smooth target "Coke's", Am I rich?

rags

I'm betting some one will chime in with an offer - Take the highest bid

Pete

 

[oldfella]

Those grips look like a prefect handful, Iggy - Beautiful!

Pete

 

[45Wheelgun]

This thread is so good, I made it a sticky.

 

[oldfella]

Good Idee, Dave. Thanks

Pete

 

[Kanewpadle]

Ugly......real ugly.

Yeah but kinda cool. Don't fit my J frame so I think they are K frame.

 

[Rockman]

Grips standard for each revolver - one resource

This is an excellent post and exactly the info I was searching for.

Now one other question if I may: Is there a resource that states what type of grips are standard for each revolver? I'm not finding this in SCSW and I'm wondering if someone has devoted work to this end?

Thanks

One resource that gives some information is the Domestic Dealer Suggested Price List, but information on stocks is limited and not at all consistent. For example, the Price List that is dated November 1, 1980, uses the symbol TS, Target Stocks, for certain product codes for the models 14, 17, 25-2, 25-5, 27, 28, 29, 57, 66, and 629. In these listings, the models 14 and 17 each show four product codes as follows: 6" SB-AS; 6" SB-AS-TH-TT-TS; 8 3/8" SB-AS; 8 3/8" SB-AS-TH-TT-TS. The fourteen model 19 revolvers with 4" and 6" barrels, on the other hand, give no information about Target Stocks.

Checking the price lists for March 15, 1982, and December 15, 1982, the model 19 revolvers with 4" and 6" barrels are identified as having the TS symbol. This symbol for certain model 19's is continued in the price lists for January 1, 1984, August 15, 1984, and December 30, 1985.

On these price lists, the models 586 and 686 show up with TS on the March 15, 1982 list. There are probably other sources that show this information, but these are all that I have.

 

[Jellybean]

Kanewpadle, Have you posted those grips on this forum before? They have a familiar look to them.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Kanewpadle, Have you posted those grips on this forum before? They have a familiar look to them.

No I haven't. Still trying to find out what they are.

 

[Jellybean]

They appear to just be customized factory target "diamond" grips.
The left panel has been cut down to facilitate a speedloader and both have been shortened. What is interesting to me is the wide groove at the bottom of each one. It looks like the person may have liked to shoot with his little finger under the butt, like a lot of SAA shooters do.

I had seen that done to some other grips but don't remember where I saw them.

 

[reerc]

Thanks for the question, Pete; and thanks to all who have posted replies. Dontcha just love this forum, where we can share/learn? I know I do!

 

[oldfella]

Even if my boddy goes to pot, my mind will continue to work by continuing to learn. A while back some one posted pictures of various grips, all in one post. It'll be nice if we can put them all together, for ready-reference, wouldn't it?

Pete

 

[PALADIN85020]

Don't forget this type - N-frame square butt targets made before the "football cutout" came in. These are made of walnut, and I estimate they date from the early to mid 1950s.

 

[DCWilson]

They appear to just be customized factory target "diamond" grips.
The left panel has been cut down to facilitate a speedloader and both have been shortened. What is interesting to me is the wide groove at the bottom of each one. It looks like the person may have liked to shoot with his little finger under the butt, like a lot of SAA shooters do.

I had seen that done to some other grips but don't remember where I saw them.

Concur. Interesting that the little finger knuckle cut-outs are on both sides. Whoever did this was setting himself up for ambidextrous shooting with a single gun.

But why cut them down? Seems like this might have been an effort to create stocks that implemented the profile a T-grip adapter in unified wood stocks for a service gun. Combat Masterpiece or Combat Magnum? M&P with a short barrel?

Yes, ugly. But clearly the work of someone who knew what he was doing and took the time to make it happen.

Note too that apart from the knuckle grooves on the bottom, the edges have been slightly rounded. It's not a complete PC treatment, but it's softer than than the standard bottom edge on the contemporary magnas and targets.