Originally Posted by glowe

You need to be interested in collecting US Post Office guns before making a $1000 purchase for a K22. PI have no interest in a K22 shipped to the US Post Office. I also have no interest in American Express guns, but some do and will pay whatever premium is charged. I have quite a few one of a kinds in my collection that are the only known S&W ever shipped to Fred Kxxx, or John Dxxx, or Robert Vxxx, etc, but I did not pay a premium for any of them. To me, a gun sent to the Post Office was just a standard purchase and worth little premium I could buy a beautiful mint condition K22 for $1000 and would rather do so, but there are collectors who would pay the price, don't know how many.

If you are simply buying the gun because of where it was sent, I would pass. If you are buying the gun for resale, I would worry about making a bundle on it, I would pass, but if you really need a US Post Office K22, go pay the money.