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Bob Wright wrote:
I have a 1964 6" Python (s/n 41xxx) with grips checkered as seen in the photo below.Quote:
The first Pythons had grips checkered overall like the Officers Model Match, then were left smooth at the top on later guns ...
About when was the change made from fully checkered to partial checkering?
http://home.att.net/~motos/python-600.jpg
I don't think I have ever seen one fully checkered and I have looked at a bunch of Pythons. Here's a 1978 model.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...dy/PythonA.jpg
I hate to mention E-bay, but if you go there and look in the sporting goods, there are a set of full checkered grips for the early 50s python, my 6 inch with the 5 digit serial 148XX still did not fit into the timeframe that they were supposidly supplied on the early models.
There is a thread over on the S&W forum with some good pictures of a 1957 Python with fully checkered grips. Check it out.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/eve/for...4/m/6161081502
I see what you mean! Serial number 48xx. That makes it 1957, the third year of production
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/3...thon011wy1.jpg
Hey thats cool. I guess the few real old ones I have seen didn't have the factory stocks on them. Thanks for the great photo Motos.
If you check Gun Broker.com and look at the 2.5 inch barrel versions, they had there own full checkered grips, but not the same full grips the early pythons had.