Here is my 2 5/8" PC627 UDR from earlier in the year sporting Ahrends retro targets in cocobolo:
Hey - at >2.5 lb loaded and an N-frame, these revolvers are out of the pocket realm to begin with. And - some of the remaining stock of the neat OEM boots, by Eagle, I think, were made for the earlier (c. '99) N-frames - and thus have a smaller radii at the front and top edges, making them not meet at the front and top. The Ahrends have the wider radii there - and fit all RB N-frames. The OEMs, and replacements, fit my '96 vintage (hammer-mounted fp) 625-6 MG perfectly.
I sent the OEMs back using the FEDEX Ground prepaid label - and had a replacement set most of a month later. Handsome, but identical to the first set, save they came with a 1/4" too long screw. Another call - and an e-mail - and another FEDEX Ground for the replacement grips ... and... a few days later - a FEDEX Overnite for the whole gun! I ordered the retro targets and they fit like a glove. The aggravating part was asking them, in the original correspondence and the letter with the returned OEM grips, to test fit them on any current N-frame for fit - they declined and said they wanted my revolver!
The first three 2 5/8" PC627's my pusher got had ill-fitted grips - their current one on display is properly fitted - hope the OP here got a good set, although I sure wouldn't want to make a habit of shooting .44 Magnums with them. Besides the Ahrends wood grips, I have a Hogue made-for-S&W .500 Magnum monogrip for each of my 629's - great recoil aid. They would look out of scale with the short barrel, but who cares - they work. Somehow, I let my pusher sell his one PC 629 like that to someone else... nice revolver - congratulations!
Stainz
PS I visited my pusher yesterday... the latest 2 5/8" PC627 like mine is really like mine - same ill-fitting Eagle boots! A kilobuck for a PC Shop revolver and they put poorly fitting grips on it - good grief!