greetings gentlemen, this piece is a 4" .22 One guy who saw it said it was a post war K-22 and he may be right. It just feels a bit older to me but I am no expert, more of a hunter than collector (until I get the kids raised anyway) it has a ser # of 96xxx with what looks like a 1 centered above and a 7 below. no letters in the ser # itself.
any thoughts on model and production date?
thanks in advance, and I have enjoyed browsing the forum on this my 1st visit.

The serial number will be on the butt of the frame . . . I suspect the number posted is an assembly number from the crane area.

The post war 6" K22 Masterpiece had a 4" counterpart, the 22 Combat Masterpiece. After 1957, model number 17 and 18 will be found on the 6" and 4" respectively.

Russ

Thanks Russ, I will need to look at it again. I appreciate you helping me, i am a novice on these older pieces for sure.

Make sure to include any letters that preceed the digits. Possibly it
will be a K .

Mike Priwer