Original K-38 Grips

[stinx]

I recently picked up a 4 inch square butt K-38. From what I can gather the gun was made in 1952. The gun is in excellent shape but does not have its original wood grips I would like to get the proper wood grips for the gun but don't know where to look. Any help would be appreciated

[Wheeler]

Are you looking for a set of Square Butt factory grips or period correct?

[stinx]

Are you looking for a set of Square Butt factory grips or period correct?

I am looking for whatever grip would have been on the gun when it left S&W.Please forgive my ignorance but I am new to this.

[DRJ]

Go over to the S&W forum and ask there. You will find the info you need and someone will point you to a source.

[LtDave]

You want k frame square butt magnas with diamonds around the screw. Seen often on ebay or on the S&W Forum.

[scott]

Generally 4" k38s had diamond magna grips. GunBroker and eBay usually have some, expect to pay 150ish. It could have had target grips as well, but I don't know a way other than a factory letter to know which it shipped with.

Eta: ltdave beat me to it.
Also, usually, to avoid buying factory grips for crazy prices, I'll haggle on the grips at pawn shops and the like. E.g. recently I picked up a model 17 for about 600, but it had monogrips. A 6" 19 next to it had target grips, so I put down 600 cash on the condition they swap the grips. Usually works for me.

[stinx]

You want k frame square butt magnas with diamonds around the screw. Seen often on ebay or on the S&W Forum.

Thanks, just grabbed a set of E-bay

[Bushytale]

stinx, looking at your picture of the K-38 it has target trigger and hammer and would have probably come with target grips.

[Wayne Dobbs]

If that one was made in the 1950s, somebody has done lots of changing to it. The red ramp, TH and TT are not period correct and the bluing looks a little bright for that time frame, too. What's the SN?

[Jim Watson]

Target trigger, target hammer, and what looks to me like a yellow front ramp (available on special order) imply target stocks as bushytale said. No way to know but a factory letter.