[SkaerE]

and i dont mean by eating too many cupcakes and sitting at the computer...

kinda like bobbing the frame of a 1911, i would imagine i could bob the 586 frame of mine...dont much care for square butt revolvers (your mileage may vary of course) :)

but i love the round butts. ;)

thanks

[VictorLouis]

It's more cost-effective just to sell your SB 586 and seek out a RB example.

[BigG]

My initial druthers was partial to the square butt look of the 38 snubby but when I overcame my prejudice and tried a RB it pointed so much better I was converted.

The large frames were mostly SB until a few years ago when SW switched to all RB production I believe. As VictorLouis says, shouldn't be hard to find a RB 586 nowadays rather than incur fees to modify your SB. HTH

[Ala Dan]

Greeting's All,

Both of my newest Smith & Wesson revolver's
(5" barrel 629-5 "Classic") and (6" barrel 686-5)
are round butted. I will admit, it takes a little
getting use to it; but afterall, I really like them
cuz of the Hogue "Monogrip's".

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[Tamara]

The previous owner (lendringser) of my Model 57 had it converted from square-butt to round-butt, also from a 6" barrel to a quad-magnaported 4" tube...

[KMKeller]

Frankly, my butt conforms to whatever chair I'm sitting in at the time...

[Wil Terry]

ROUND BUTT ABOUT 25 OR 30 YEARS AGO.
Actually it is easy to do and if you know which end is up on a file you can do it yourself. Find a pair of round butt stocks from a 2 1/2" M19, attach them to the square butt guns and trace around them with an awl. Everything outside the tracing comes off; NO BIG DEAL, guys. Some cold blue well applied and yore done.
Here is the toughy; convert a round butt back to square butt. Did this one too as I do not like the RB on a long barreled muzzle heavy sixgun. her's the secret on how to do it...







[ order the round butt to square butt conversion stocks from BLU MAGNUM STOCKS....]

[SkaerE]

i figured thats all it would take. dont understand why it would be a problem. just some care and a lot of time with a file :)

now, to decide if i want to do it :)

[labgrade]

Yup, I like the round butt profile better.

Not enough to try it out on any of my of my older squares though.

YMMV

[Standing Wolf]

I had my model 27-2 converted to a round butt so I could swap Fung stocks (http://jnb.com/~funggrip/index.html) between it and my model 629. The model 27 normally sports a pair of Badger stocks that fit my hand very well.

[Dave T]

I've had a number of Smith's converted to RB, particularly N-frames. the RB configuration fits my hand much better than the SB verison.

All mine have been done by a gunsmith friend up in Reno, NV. He duplicates the factory grooved backstrap and you can't tell them from the original. Really excellent work.

[Kahr carrier]

I like them both myself.:)

[Tamara]

Me, too, but square-butt grips seem to be best on longer-barrel range guns, while round-butt is better for totin' pieces.

[bpisler]

I like the RB's for CCW and SB's for the range and open carry.