S&W dated K-frame grips

tone59

January 21, 2015 16:34

I see the year stamped on the inside of some factory SW K-frame rosewood checkered target square butt grips.
I have also seen others without a date.
The dated ones look to be mostly from the 80s and 90s.
Can someone tell me about when the date stamping began? And whether or not a model 19-3 4in. made in 1976 would have came from the factory with dated grips.
Thank You

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  22hipower

  January 21, 2015 17:59

  I'm not sure there is a definitive answer. Most S&W target stocks I've seen have no dates, and, as you note, the ones which do are generally from the '80s/'90s. A 4 inch 19-3 could have come with target stocks but quite possibly would have had magna service stocks. By 1976 I don't think S&W was regularly stamping the sn on magna stock panels and rarely put them on target stocks. Pretty hard to tell if target stocks are original to a specific gun if they are of the style used at the time the gun was manufactured.

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  tone59

  January 22, 2015 03:22

  thanks 22hipower.
  looks like the magna style were common on the 2.5in and the target on the 4in.

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  dcs shooters

  January 22, 2015 07:57

  If the 19-3 had the target hammer-trigger it came with the target stocks [;)]

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  MG1890

  January 22, 2015 09:12

  quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
  If the 19-3 had the target hammer-trigger it came with the target stocks [;)]
  
  
  Agree. I have a boxed 19-3 that's triple T's.

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  tone59

  January 22, 2015 15:43

  After viewing the 84 19s up for bid on the auction side...
  I believe the 4in have a sq butt with target grips.
  2in a rd butt with magna type.
  The 19-3(DOM 76) 4in I bought last year has pachmeyers on it.
  Id like to get some factory rosewoods.
  Just curious if 1976 would have been stamped inside.

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