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Old 04-15-2018, 12:44 AM
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... I just posted this in the "other" K-22 Outdoorsman thread:

I know that the Aug 13, 1930 directive for the first 500 was made before the January 1931 directive for the gold bead front sight. So... I'm not sure what front sights came 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.
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