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  • BigMBobbyOP

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    Sep 30, 2011
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    Anyone have a lead on these grips?

    86693_01_s_w_686_s_w_28_640.jpg



    I picked up an old 686 in the shop the other day and the grips felt amazing. I think these are them pictured above..

    been looking around but I cant find them. I know S&W makes the "Traditional Checkered Target Grip With The S&W Medallions" as shown in the link below but I'm not sure they match the above. The above ones seem to flare out more at the bottom. When I held it in the shop it felt really wide, which I like...

    http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/SmWesson2/upload/images/products/detail_md/164000000_md.jpg


    If anyone has some info on this, lemme know!

    Thanks
     

    Biggfoot44

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    Aug 2, 2009
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    Are you looking for those specific factory grips on purpose , or for similar grips for the shooting qualities ? If you haven't been keeping up with the world of S&W collectors, you will have major sticker shock at what they are worth.

    If for the shooting qualities, Eagle Grips has several very close to those, primarily in Rosewood. I think their Coke Bottle replicas are better than the pictured factory grips, but that's me. ( There is a whole vocabulary among S&W collectors to describe each variety and vintage of grip. Cokes are early '50's era , slight palm swells. In K frame size, I think the late '50s Targets fit the hand best, but by modern expectations , they predate speedloader cutouts.)
     

    BigMBobbyOP

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    Sep 30, 2011
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    Are you looking for those specific factory grips on purpose , or for similar grips for the shooting qualities ? If you haven't been keeping up with the world of S&W collectors, you will have major sticker shock at what they are worth.

    If for the shooting qualities, Eagle Grips has several very close to those, primarily in Rosewood. I think their Coke Bottle replicas are better than the pictured factory grips, but that's me. ( There is a whole vocabulary among S&W collectors to describe each variety and vintage of grip. Cokes are early '50's era , slight palm swells. In K frame size, I think the late '50s Targets fit the hand best, but by modern expectations , they predate speedloader cutouts.)

    I dont need the specific factory grips. Right now I have the rubber grips on and they don't fill out my hand so I don't feel like a get a good grip.

    Those wood grips seemed to be really full/wide and also tapered out towards the bottom which created a really nice grip for me.

    I'll take a look at the eagle grips, thanks.
     

    Biggfoot44

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    Aug 2, 2009
    32,881
    The phrase is *Flared* at the bottom, if they were tapered, they'ed be slimmer at the bottom.
     

    Chriss

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    Are you looking for those specific factory grips on purpose , or for similar grips for the shooting qualities ? If you haven't been keeping up with the world of S&W collectors, you will have major sticker shock at what they are worth.

    If for the shooting qualities, Eagle Grips has several very close to those, primarily in Rosewood. I think their Coke Bottle replicas are better than the pictured factory grips, but that's me. ( There is a whole vocabulary among S&W collectors to describe each variety and vintage of grip. Cokes are early '50's era , slight palm swells. In K frame size, I think the late '50s Targets fit the hand best, but by modern expectations , they predate speedloader cutouts.)

    do tell...I have a set from my 686 that I replaced with rubber grips. Not wanting to sell but curious as to their value. Mine are 30 years old.
     

    python

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    Apr 15, 2010
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    do tell...I have a set from my 686 that I replaced with rubber grips. Not wanting to sell but curious as to their value. Mine are 30 years old.


    I have a set in new condition taken off of an early 686, no dash. I would sell them for $125.00, unless you want a set of non-relieved diamond targets from the early 50's which I would sell for $450.00+. I know a guy who just sold a set of Cokes for $650.00 That's the market for them. It is nuts.
     

    AJRB

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    May 8, 2013
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    I wonder if the black wood Talo edition grips on my 686 will be worth anything down the road 30 years from now?
     

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