I have been working my behind off since before Christmas, so much so, that I had no time to spend any money. Boy, did I make up for lost time this month! I picked up these four Smith's in the last three weeks from the same LGS. First is a 6.5" Pre-29, 4 screw. Next is a 6" M29-3, Nickle. Center is a 3.5" Pre-27, five screw. Last is a 6" K-22 Outdoorsman, First Model. The Pre-29 came in the correct black presentation case with tools and wears "Cokes" but no paperwork. The Pre-27 came in the correct gold box numbered to the gun, with tools but no paperwork. All numbers match including the Diamond Magnas on the Pre-27 as well as all the others. Rarely has anything come together the way this deal did

De Oppresso Liber

All that hard work paid off for you. Congratulations on the new revolvers!

That's a top-shelf collection all by itself !

GF

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SWCA #2420

You're shopping in all the right places!!

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PTLAPTA!

Next big payday try some asbestos pants.

What a harvest! Congrats to you and thanks for the post and pics.

Jerry

Well done, brother. They look great! De Opresso Liber.

Well done!! The grain on those "Cokes" looks amazing!

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Miss My Buddy crsides!!

That's one heck of a gun shop! Congratulations on you new acquisitions.

Dave

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RSVN '69-'71
PCSD (Ret)

Haven't seen that kind of merchandise in a shop around here in a looong time. Now have fun with them.

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H Richard
SWCA1967 SWHF244

You don't waste time once you get started. Verah nice.

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Mike
S&WCA #3065

Congrats. That's what I call a fantastic LGS. I have one locally that gives me a heads up when a Smith revolver comes in. I don't turn many down, even if I have duplicates. Wonderful scores you have there.

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"Happiness is a warm gun"

All that Magnum goodness, but Ima ask for more pics of the K-22, please! Single rear sight screw?

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TEAM DNF

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm really happy with the lot. I picked up a near 100% Model 38 Bodyguard this afternoon at my other LGS. I'll post a couple of pics of it and a couple more of the K22 tomorrow. Yes, it has a single screw attaching the rear sight.

De Oppresso Liber

Wondering what the difference is between an illness and an addiction???????

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James Redfield
LM #497

Addiction is ok, an illness needs treatment with expensive prescription medication.

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S&WHF 366

As I scrolled down, I thought for sure that you were going to say that the Outdoorsman came in a red picture box and had "all the tools - just no paperwork"...

CONGRATS - Now that is what I call a great month!

Thanks for sharing,

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Richard
Engraved S&W fan

You are on a roll, go buy a Lotto ticket....

You were right Tony, those are just plain Gorgeous! Can't wait to see them up close and personal!

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Even older, even crankier....

An illness is usually curable, but can sometimes be fatal.

In the context of S&Ws, an addiction is not curable but never fatal, and always very expensive.

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Jim
S&WCA #819

As promised here are more pics of the K22 Outdoorsman that followed me home this month, SN 6390XX. SCSW puts the manufacture date somewhere in '31-'32. It's in great shape and all numbers match to include the stocks. It has an Ivory bead front sight instead of a gold bead. All in all, it's in great shape.

De Oppresso Liber

WOW Those are a great collection themselves. I bet your LGS smiles when you come in his door. Nice find for sure. Spending money sure is fun when you come home with those.

Yes his smile is quite large when I come in. He texted me yesterday concerning two four-inch M19-3's that came in this week. I have both on hold until the first of the month

Dang the K-22 looks like it's in great shape as well, and nice pics to boot. Those are worthy of keeping for archival purposes. Thanks for posting them.

Have you thought about getting the factory letters for these outstanding specimens? I know a lot of guys will say it's a waste of money for guns that aren't suspected of having some unusual history, but I think they're nice to have just to satisfy my idle curiosity if nothing else.

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TEAM DNF

I can't add anything that hasn't been said, so I'll just go with...Wow!

That is a terrific find........a K22 Outdoorsman, 1st Model AND the rest being icing on the cake!

My 1st Model K22 is a slightly lower s/n (637749) than yours but with S & W only Roy and his records know whose shipped when.

Mine letters as shipping November 29, 1931. If yours has Ivory bead front sight it may well be very worth a Letter because according to my Letter (copy attached) there was an engineering change on September 16, 1931 changing the Call Gold to Call stainless steel bead. Interesting is that Roy states that the change was incorporated December 1931 to January 1932. Mine shipped end of November 1931 and does have the Call stainless front sight.

Yours may have been a "special order" for the Ivory bead.

Like others have said...I like to letter some of my Smiths that I feel are "special" to me....just to satisfy my curiosity.

You do have a beautiful collection....and all in one stop, amazing.

Attached Images

K22 1st Model.jpg (38.1 KB, 14 views)

Attached Files

Letter K 22 posting.pdf (492.5 KB, 15 views)

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Charlie B
SWCA#3083, SWHF#570

Where is this shop located? I am in Bainbridge Island. Thanks

Great shopping spree ! And to think women have the bragging rights on shopping. By the looks of the results, you buy from a great gun shop

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John

I would not hold my breath waiting for an answer. At least that would be the case if that little gold mine was in my neck of the woods. Sorry, just sayin........

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James Redfield
LM #497