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Originally Posted by DCWilson
Can't recall if I have posted these previously. I got them from Lee Jarrett a year and a half ago during the great Handejector accessory sale.
No. 611127. Interestingly, the numbering is hybrid, with the last three digits stamped into the wood under the hard-to-read pencil equivalent. The first three pencil digits are easy to read.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the large medallion K-frame stocks were limited to 1930. I had supposed that the silver medallion magnas were introduced for the N-frames, then the design was ported to the K frame guns. I bet a lot of wood was split and wasted getting those larger medallions properly seated in the smaller K-frame half rounds, after which the decision was made to go to smaller medallions for the K guns. Both my K-22 ODs have the smaller medallions; the earliest one is from 1932.
My hypothesis is that any large medallion stocks numbered 610xxx or 611xxx will be original, but that large medallion stocks with later serial numbers may not be. I'd like to see a census of all serial numbers from stocks that have large silver medallions. |
Just found a loose set # 611278 that are marked as David's, pencil marked the full serial number (which I couldn't make out) and the last 3 digits stamped. Medallions are in great shape, the wood is drowned in poly or something. Do I now have to buy a gun for them, use the medallions in a custom set, restore and put in the box ????
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08-29-2016, 09:19 PM
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I think restoration for sure. The right person could certainly make them very presentable.
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Concerning large silver medallion pre-war K frame grips. I have a set with serial number 609744 written in pencil. Hope this information helps.
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Here is a set that has been in my collection for a few years. I can not make out the serial number just some very faint marks. I have been meaning to clean up the checkering one of these days, once I complete the honey do list.
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So the high-low on the large-medallion Ks is 609544 (post 55) and somewhere near 615750 (post 32). The majority live in the 610xxx and 611xxx ranges.
It would be interesting to see how many small-medallion service stocks are known with intervening numbers in both the wide and tight ranges here.
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THE LARGE MEDALLIONS ARE .500" AND THE SMALLER MEDALLIONS ARE .400"
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609966 is a 38 Target with Large medallions numbered in pencil.
Shipped July, 1929
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I sure miss Charlie Sides. This coming weekend is the Labor Day Flea Market in Hillsville, Virginia and he would have been there and we would have had a nice chat. 
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Charlie was mentioned recently in another thread, that caught my attention. And look where this one ended!
Great detailed information on the early stocks here. But it’s been awhile,,,
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