I need a little help from you SMITH guys... talking grips...

[BLIP]

OEM grips. I have not seen a definitive timeline or evolution...
If you know when changes were made to specific grips,
key things to look for
Style changes
Medallion change
Shape
ANYTHING..
I would like to create a comprehensive timeline if one does NOT exist...
Tag your smith friends and help me out!
OEM FACTORY GRIPS

 

[InTune]

Sub'ed

 

[imawoodsman]

JHW , Very knowledgeable about Smith & Wesson

 

[spencer60]

I'd suggest the S&W forums for this... I'm sure they have lots of info.

 

[JHW]

The middle set appears to be altamont.

 

[Gimmebackmybullets]

Go to the Smith and Wesson Fourum and look up " types of Smith and Wesson Revolver grips.
The thread is from 2010 but it goes into great detail with pics of the question you have.
I have it on my home screen, but don't know how to transfer the link here.

 

[BLIP]

I shall begin my search...

 

[BLIP]

I know all of the pre-World War Two, Regulation Police revolvers were built on I-frames that had the additional notch milled in the back strap. S&W went so far as to patent the feature in 1917, and thereafter used it primarily on the Regulation Police and a handful of others where they wanted to convert a round-butt frame to a square-butt configuration. By adding one milling operation they saved themselves the expense of making a whole new square-butt frame.
I frame ..

 

[BLIP]

In the near beginning.... 1953

 

[JHW]

Types of Smith & Wesson Revolver Grips

I'd estimate that only a handful of members here do not know or are unsure of what the various types of revolver grips look like, I'm one of them... well, sort of. Presentation, target. combat, etc. If I had pictures of all types of grips, I'd pretend knowing what I'm talking about. To be sure...

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