I absolutely love the blued, pre lock N Frames with custom wood grips. Unfortunately, they just don't work for me. The bone at the base of my thumb just gets hammered under recoil with wood grips.

I have several Model 629s, including a pre lock Mountain Gun. With that said, the new L Frame (M69) just makes me smile -- it fits me to a "T". Certainly not everyones cup of "T", but I love mine.

I have two, one has over 4500 rnds down the pipe, the other 1,500 plus. Had one out today and it just reinforces my opinion.


Clockwise from left to right -- New M66 (.357), M69 (.44 Mag) and M617 (.22 LR), all equipped with S&W 500 Hogue grips.

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of course, YMMV

Paul