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08-19-2014, 09:52 PM
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Help identifying please
Any help identifying this gun would be very much appreciated. It was given to my father by my grandfather and then to me.
Pictures included below.
1. Hand ejector
2. Serial # on gun butt 674702. No letters.
3. .22 Long Rifle CTG
4. Barrel length 6"
5. Adjustable sight
6. Has a strain screw
7. 5 screws; screw #1 hidden beneath the grip
Thanks in advance for your collective expertise and help.
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08-19-2014, 09:57 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
You have a K22 Outdoorsman, 1st Model from the late 1930s in very nice condition.
Unfortunately the original factory grips are gone. Introduced `1930
and replaced by the rare 2nd model, the 1st K22 Masterpiece in 1940, the first
model with the Micro-click rear sight not available on other models
until after the war.
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08-19-2014, 10:01 PM
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Thanks very much for the startlingly quick reply. Do you know of a way to determine the date of its manufacture?
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08-19-2014, 10:10 PM
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Yes, a factory historical letter will give you the exact day it left the factory:
Firearm History Request - Smith & Wesson
S & W tracks by shipping (sales), not manufacturing dates, but popular models would generally leave soon after assembly. Expect a 3-4 month wait time for the letter at present. Hope this is helpful.
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The date of manufacture is not usually available. A S&W historical letter ($50)
will provide the shipping date which can be anywhere from 1 day to several
months after it was made. Some here keep a database of known serial #s and t
heir shipping dates which can pin it down better but guns were not shipped
in numerical order.
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08-19-2014, 10:13 PM
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Thanks so much for the help.
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08-19-2014, 10:38 PM
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Should be a very fine shooter and now you are the 3rd generation with the privilege. Shoot it, take care of it and it should be good for three more generations.
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08-19-2014, 11:24 PM
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It's a pretty safe bet yours shipped from S&W in mid-1939. I show several SNs very close that were shipped between April and June 1939. But nothing says it couldn't have shipped a little later.
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08-20-2014, 01:39 AM
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1939, eh? That is fascinating. I really wonder if my grandfather was its first owner. He would have been 30 years old then, just coming out of the Depression in Reno, NV. How much did these weapons sell for new in the late 30's?
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08-20-2014, 11:03 AM
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The list price of the K-22 shown in the immediate pre-war catalogs was $40.00. That was a lot of money back then, when $20-$30/week was considered good pay, assuming you even had a job.
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08-20-2014, 11:55 AM
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Thank you for that information. Based on that, I cannot imagine that my grandfather bought it new. I suspect this gun had a life before it came into my family. I wish it could talk.
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