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Originally Posted by ontheroad20
Am I correct the first 500 had the gold bead?
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I know that the directive (Aug 13, 1930) for the first 500 was made before the directive (January 1931) for the gold bead, so I'm not sure on the first 500... But I have 3 with gold beads, all of which shipped in 1931. The engineering change directive to go to the stainless bead was September 16, 1931. I think that most of the K-22s shipping in 1931 shipped with the gold bead, I also believe that there were a bunch that shipped in early 1932 that also still had the gold bead as it took some time to implement the engineering change.