K-22 from 1947

denden · #1 01-19-2011, 10:07 PM

Haven't posted for quite a while and I have been seeing quite a few posts on K-22s so I thought I would post mine. It came with the gold box and it shoots great.

hsguy · #2 01-19-2011, 10:09 PM

Looks great also!

DCWilson · #3 01-19-2011, 10:55 PM

Excellent revolver! 1947 was a very good year.

Gotta love those sharp-shoulder magnas. Even though all magnas are stylish stocks, I think they lost a little something in the course of the 1950s when the upper crease faded away and the stocks took on a rounded upper profile.

Hondo44 · #4 01-19-2011, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DCWilson

Excellent revolver! 1947 was a very good year.

Gotta love those sharp-shoulder magnas. Even though all magnas are stylish stocks, I think they lost a little something in the course of the 1950s when the upper crease faded away and the stocks took on a rounded upper profile.

Ditto! It's all those little details that give the old guns their panache!

larryofcc · #5 01-20-2011, 02:12 PM

The pic makes it appear to have the bbl. ejector cutout, but it does have a straight ejector rod. Is it just a shadow on the bbl. or is it actually cut? I have a 4 digit that has the large ejector rod and cut out in the bbl. Shipped 9-23-1947. Big Larry

greystonedog · #6 01-20-2011, 06:18 PM

Eagle eye Larry looks like a cut out to me as well. My notes have K4000 the highest SN with large ejector rod knob with most of them under K2000. Would like denden to give the SN or first two digits of his gun.

torotoro · #7 01-20-2011, 06:45 PM

not even a turn line. nice!

Engine49guy · #8 01-20-2011, 07:52 PM

Awesome!
I Love the early narrow rib, tapered barrel sharp shoulder Magnas and exposed front site set pin on the early ones !

Additionally interesting is how early K22 frames are machined more like the later Model 18 where the barrel rib meets the frame.

Im glad to hear your shooting and enjoying it as well...
Many (including myself) would have agonized over firing such a clean example.

CONGRATS!

Cooter Brown · #9 01-20-2011, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Larry

The pic makes it appear to have the bbl. ejector cutout, but it does have a straight ejector rod. Is it just a shadow on the bbl. or is it actually cut? I have a 4 digit that has the large ejector rod and cut out in the bbl. Shipped 9-23-1947. Big Larry

Noticed that too. I'd like to hear from denden on this--I'd bet it's a reflection/shadow.

My '47, shipped in December, has the straight ejector rod.

larryofcc · #10 01-20-2011, 08:36 PM

Whats really cool about my #4339 is the shipping date. 9-23-47. That is my 5th birthday. Big Larry

DCWilson · #11 01-20-2011, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by greystonedog

Eagle eye Larry looks like a cut out to me as well. My notes have K4000 the highest SN with large ejector rod knob with most of them under K2000. Would like denden to give the SN or first two digits of his gun.

I have K4267 with the large knob. I think the last large-knob gun is closer to K5000, and maybe just slightly beyond. I suspect there may be a serial number run in which mixed styles are found.

LEO918 · #12 01-20-2011, 10:25 PM

I have #5680 - Large knob. Leo

DCWilson · #13 01-20-2011, 11:41 PM

Leo, thanks for that. You have the highest serial number on a large-knob K-22 that I have heard about. (Or if I heard of a larger one I have already forgotten it, which happens more and more these days.)

Hondo44 · #14 01-21-2011, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DCWilson

Leo, thanks for that. You have the highest serial number on a large-knob K-22 that I have heard about. (Or if I heard of a larger one I have already forgotten it, which happens more and more these days.)

It will be interesting if Denden posts a partial number. If lower than the highest # observed with a large knob it will bear out the S&W out-of-serial #-order of parts transitions once again.