The armorer would on occassions dump some of them in the trash! I distinctly remember visiting the departments armorer/armory often and seeing large bins each holding hundreds of S&W grips of every size and condition - and mixed in were many dozens of custom and rubber grips. I worked on a 1,200 officer police department and that department used S&W revolvers of all sizes for many decades. I am dumbfounded on the values/prices placed on S&W grips anymore!Įven the tiny "J" frame S&W grips are priced outlandishly - and they sometimes sell. chambered pistols and Rifles are about all I can afford to shoot anymore it seems. I have tried a computer search but no luck so far.Ģ60Remguy: I do not plan on shooting this little honey - but I would LOVE to get a less pristine example and maybe shooting it.Ģ2 L.R.
Combat Masterpiece came with but it does give information on the option of target trigger and target hammer for this pistol.Īnyone know if the Model 18-4's came with the large frame covering S&W grips or the smaller just frame sized grips? My Blue Book of Gun Values does not give any info on which grips the Model 18 22 L.R. The grips are the large, what I call "target grips" style.Īnyway today I took the pistol to a friends home and he has the exact same pistol (Model 18-4) and yet his pistol has the smallish S&W grips on it - my friend said that was what came on his pistol that he also bought new back in the 1980's! I just assumed they were the original factory S&W grips. I did not think to ask him about the grips that were on the pistol. I asked him about the possibility of the original box laying around somewhere in his house and he said he had not seen it in a long time. The previous owner approached me after I bought the pistol and relayed to me that he had purchased the pistol new about 35 years ago and never fired it. Yesterday (August 4th) I attended an auction here in SW Montana and of all things I won the bidding on a "reportedly" unfired and minty S&W Model 18-4 (Combat Masterpiece?) in 22 L.R.
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