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Old 04-22-2018, 11:33 AM
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Roy's factory letter (which came with the gun) dated June 7, 1988 shows the gun shipped November 22, 1948 to Belknap Hardware in Louisville KY (a major S&W Distributor at the time) but doesn't mention anything about having King Sights on it when it shipped . . . likely meaning it shipped to King after it left the factory but before 1953 when King went out of business.

There are numerous markings on the grip frame . . . can anyone with knowledge of King sights tell me if King likely put them there and cypher what they mean?

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Or maybe some ones social security number .Very Nice early k22 Masterpiece Enjoy!..
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Well, I have some (little) knowledge of King sights---and more of S&W markings---AND I have a S&W revolver treated to a King Super Target conversion. With that as statement of my (limited) qualifications, I offer the following mixture of fact and opinion.

Fact: There are no markings of any kind (other than typical for the revolver) on the King Super Target conversion.

Opinion: The markings on the right side of the grip frame (the larger ones I can make out) are not S&W---none that I've ever seen at least, nor are those on the left.

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The 9 digit number along the rt. backstrap is most likely someones SSN as in 311-56-5559. 311 numbers are issued in Indiana. Being a contiguous state to Kentucky that is even more likely.
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SSN for sure. That number is associated with a man whose initials are RH, also seen on the revolver's frame (RBH, actually):

Robert Hunter, 18 Mar 1905 - 1 Dec 1987, Butler OH

This is from publicly available records, so I don't think I am trespassing on a right to privacy here.
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Pretty sure King's sold accessory parts to gunsmiths - as well as the general public - so those could have been installed without the gun ever being actually sent to King's shop. That would be a pretty quick and easy job for any gunsmith, or even many gun hobbyists.

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SSN for sure. That number is associated with a man whose initials are RH, also seen on the revolver's frame (RBH, actuially):

Robert Hunter, 18 Mar 1905 - 1 Dec 1987, Butler OH

This is from publicly available records, so I don't think I am trespassing on a right to privacy here.
That is awesome . . . thank you one and all! I was so hung up on it being a King notation that I never considered the more logical answer.

I will now undertake to learn more about Robert B. Hunter.

Thanks again,

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Pretty sure King's sold accessory parts to gunsmiths - as well as the general public - so those could have been installed without the gun ever being actually sent to King's shop. That would be a pretty quick and easy job for any gunsmith, or even many gun hobbyists.

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Thanks . . . I wasn't aware King sold their sights to gunsmiths. Yet another possibility for how they got there.

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