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Once again I find out how little I know. Damn it anyhow!!
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Wow, that is beautiful! I'd take that over a Colt Python any day! Thanks for sharing!
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The absolute pinnacle of the gun-making art. Seeing and reading about firearms like this is the exact reason my son and I joined this forum.
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The absolute pinnacle of the gun-making art. Seeing and reading about firearms like this is the exact reason my son and I joined this forum.
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Gee and I thought it is why I am always broke now
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I love that gun.Thanks for sharing
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This is just about a half of a hijack, but is the top of the thumbrest checkered, or grooved, or (unlikely) plain?
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I don't know what he sold that pushed that one aside from his collection, but WOW! that is a nice one!
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Love the King Super Targets
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This is just about a half of a hijack, but is the top of the thumbrest checkered, or grooved, or (unlikely) plain?
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They are beautifully checkered. 
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What a stunner Richard!
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Wow, that is a jaw dropper!
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I remember this gun.
It's one of the nicest guns i have ever seen on this forum. You must be awful proud of that one.
If i found one of these i might stop collecting. Its as good as it gets
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Lordy mercy. You can post more pictures anytime you please....
Please.....
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These are two of the best looking guns I have ever seen! Incredible!
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Nothing made now even comes close.
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Wow, a two for one thread! Exquisite!
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This was my exact thought! He must have gotten a grail gun inlaid in diamonds and rubies with Horace Smith's and DB Wesson's autographs personally engraved in platinum carried in a gold presentation case lined with the original golden fleece and having an unobtainium monogram on top. I STILL would have asked for some boot!
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Words fail me.
Yet another stunner Richard. Outstanding!
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Richard, very nice! I REALLY wanted that one.
I guess I'll settle for the one I have, not as nice as yours.
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Richard, very nice! I REALLY wanted that one.
I guess I'll settle for the one I have, not as nice as yours.
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That is a beauty with just the right amount of silver in all the right places! I love the King Super Targets and I smile the big smile whenever anyone posts photos of theirs. Also, I think the Super Targets are the perfect place to mount a set of Thumbrest Ropers.
Thanks for sharing,
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My trigger finger would be itching to take that one to the range. Thats a beauty also.
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I wonder why there are so many more K frame super targets than N frame?
Was the N frame too heavy for one handed shooting?
Also is the rail for the N frame larger in size than the K frame or did they use the same rail for both frames?
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Just some fantastic looking revolvers. RKmesa, is the hammer off set "King Cockeyed Hammer"?
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Yes it is. If you look closely at the 1st and 3rd photos, you can see the cockeyed "tab" extended on the left side of the hammer.
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Its time to update the bucket list. I did not know that a revolver like that even existed. What a beauty. Congratulations!
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I have no words. I will likely be looking for King Super Targets until the day I die...
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To RKMesa. Richard, if I every grow up, I want to be just like you ...
You never cease to fascinate us with these magnificent pieces you find.
All the best, Sal
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That is a really slick revolver, thanks for showing us. Those King modified revolvers are really neat.
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I love the King Super Targets, and those Smiths are down right sexy. I agree that the King mods to revolvers were the pinnacle of gun customizing and craftsmanship back in a time when quality was king, pun intended.
I own a couple guns that got their design from the Super Target and have most of the features everyone is going crazy over. I carry one everyday. Makes me wonder why they are so frowned upon over here now.
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I own a couple guns that got their design from the Super Target and have most of the features everyone is going crazy over. I carry one everyday. Makes me wonder why they are so frowned upon over here now.
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Are you talking about one of these King Super Target knockoffs? 
I personally love the looks and the finish on the Colts, but the thumb release, the simplicity of the mechanical design, the unbeveled front of the full under lug, and the action just don't measure up to the functional usefulness of the S&Ws. However, the ribbed sight plane, the double cockeyed hammer and the micrometer sight on the Pythons are way cool in a very King kind of way.
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Those two are Gorgeous !!!
I'll sleep well tonite with visions of King Super Targets
dancing in my head.
I have never seen one in person. Thank You for sharing.
Chuck
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BTW for those interested...
There is a Colt .357 Super Target on a rather large auction site right now
from the Alabama gang.
that was shipped in 1938 to King for the work. complete with factory
letter.
Big money.
Chuck
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Delightful.
Looking at King revolvers is a breath of fresh air.
I shoot mostly automatics, so I follow a lot of the 1911 stuff.
A period 1911 or G.M. fixed up that way would give the collectors and speculators apoplexy.
Was there anybody else doing comparable work?
I know Ken Waters did a Pet Loads with a revolver equipped with Roper sights.
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Simply OUTSTANDING!
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Green with envy! 
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Note the King "over-label" on the box end. I have only seen this on one other box... 
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