Thread: May be a silly question...Model 17 versus Model 18
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Old 11-27-2011, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Hondo44 View Post
.......counter intuitive as it may seem, they have and do leave the factory this way on occasion. And right, it begs to be lettered.

I agree with you Jim,
It is a very interesting piece and while I do not letter most of my guns the previous K22 really needs to be lettered to see if the barrel was installed originally or after it left the factory.

JimC
While anything is possible,
IMO Your K22 was mis stamped as a Mod 17 then overstamped as it is clearly a Model 18 frame and barrel.
If I use my imagination I can come up with several scenarios where they might convert a M17 to a M18 at the factory but it doesnt make sense when you consider the Model 18 was still in production at the time.
Again anything is possible with S&W.


Again all this is just my opinion.
Thanks for sharing it.
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