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Mystery Gunsmith Fixed Target Sights/Hammers
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I have a K-38 Masterpiece with the a very similar hammer as the first gun you listed. Yours is offset to the left where mine is offset on both sides. The checkering style and pattern are identical. I posted about it some time ago;
K-38 Heavy Masterpiece, Vintage Custom Target Hammer, and Ivories
I think either my gun had an older custom long action hammer modified to short-action and installed or the modification on your guns were done much later. It would be nice to know who did the work and what time period they were doing it.
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06-23-2015, 01:16 PM
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Found a little more information on the topic. I'm pretty certain now that this shop/gunsmith was at least national.
The first gun in this thread letters to having gone to New York.
April 7, 1917
Kirtland Brothers Co.
New York City, N.Y.
410bore also spotted another gun which I talked to the owner about which letters to the E.K.Tryon Company, Philadelphia Pa in July 1946
This one appears to have at least the same front sight and certainly the same hammer.
Anyone else spotted these in the wild or maybe have anything to add? I'm intensely curious to find out who did this. About the only thing I am sure about is that they were at work in the Post War period and knew what they were doing. I figure I'm going to have to try to find a big pile of American Rifleman copies and just start poring through them.
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Back in the 1950s were these refereed to as "spoon hammers?"
I remember seeing these at gun shows and old time gun shops.
Due to my age, my memory may be fleeting a bit. Mike 2796
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06-23-2015, 02:16 PM
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Not sure who did the work, But I love that M&P Snubbie. It screams "LOOK AT ME!!! I'M OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!"
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That snubby is a knock out! These are all professionally done semi-target guns and very desirable. these modifications do not detract from the value of the firearms, but enhance it.
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Caleb
Nice meeting you in Spokane. You're on the road to cornering the market in these
guns ! Another hundred or so, and I think you'll have it. Then, since H Richard is
such a fan, you can send them on to him, and start up another collection.
Curiously, I've not met, nor know, anybody who has any definitive insight, let alone
information, on who might have done this work. There are opinions, but they seem to
be just that - opinions.
Hopefully, one of these days you'll acquire one that has an invoice from the gunsmith
who did the work.
Regards, Mike Priwer
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Indeed Mike, it's a lot of fun digging around for an answer. I'm sure it will surface eventually. In my opinion there's too many examples of them popping up for the smith/shop to not have advertised the work in some fashion. It's one of the interesting things about the internet and all the old books and magazines being digitized, more and more accessibility to even old info.
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That snubby is a knock out! These are all professionally done semi-target guns and very desirable. these modifications do not detract from the value of the firearms, but enhance it.
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Honestly that snubby was what drew me in in the first place. I just wanted that gun. I sort of ended up falling into this niche of fixed sight targets, I didn't set out to collect them.
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Strumpet;
Lovin' that M&P bullseye gun ! Now I gotta disassemble my keyboard to mop out all the drool ! Mazel tov !
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