matis
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I'm trying to help a friend get the grips off his S&W 640 stainless.
These are wood with finger grooves and beautiful grain showing through a shiny grey finish. They cover the front-strap (2 halves meet) but not the backstrap, nor the bottom of grip frame.
The gun hurts to shoot with 357's so he wants to put on rubber grips that cover the backstrap.
I got the screw out easily. But the 2 halves won't come off the gun.
I can see where someone must have tried to pry between the bottom (strap?) and the wood. They managed to chip off a tiny splinter from the bottom and made a hair-line crack. I didn't noticed these until I considered pying there, myself.
I don't want to cause similar damage so I won't pry.
Tapping the back-strap with the plastic handle of a screw driver has not worked. The wood panels seem to be "stuck" onto the gun, probably with gunk, goop and sweat. The gun is probably around 10-15 years old.
I ran searches with different wording. Although I found some interesting threads, none referred to removing stuck grip panels from a J-frame.
Anyone know how to remove these grips without damaging the gun?
Thanks,
matis
These are wood with finger grooves and beautiful grain showing through a shiny grey finish. They cover the front-strap (2 halves meet) but not the backstrap, nor the bottom of grip frame.
The gun hurts to shoot with 357's so he wants to put on rubber grips that cover the backstrap.
I got the screw out easily. But the 2 halves won't come off the gun.
I can see where someone must have tried to pry between the bottom (strap?) and the wood. They managed to chip off a tiny splinter from the bottom and made a hair-line crack. I didn't noticed these until I considered pying there, myself.
I don't want to cause similar damage so I won't pry.
Tapping the back-strap with the plastic handle of a screw driver has not worked. The wood panels seem to be "stuck" onto the gun, probably with gunk, goop and sweat. The gun is probably around 10-15 years old.
I ran searches with different wording. Although I found some interesting threads, none referred to removing stuck grip panels from a J-frame.
Anyone know how to remove these grips without damaging the gun?
Thanks,
matis