The Atlanta Expo show this weekend was good to me. An acquaintance came in with this beauty, with original box and cleaning rod/swab. I haven't had time to wipe it down after my partners drooled all over it, but that gives me something else to do today. I believe this one may be a birth year gun (K 730xx) and with a whole lot of luck Roy will tell me it shipped April, 1948. Time will tell.
The Atlanta Expo show this weekend was good to me. An acquaintance came in with this beauty, with original box and cleaning rod/swab. I haven't had time to wipe it down after my partners drooled all over it, but that gives me something else to do today. I believe this one may be a birth year gun (K 730xx) and with a whole lot of luck Roy will tell me it shipped April, 1948. Time will tell.
Sweet K-22! Congratulations!
Don't mean to hijack your thread, but how was the show? I live in West Georgia and there are no shows out here worth attending. I see they are having another at the Expo in February. Like to attend that one if you think it's worth the time...Thanks!
Really nice K-22. Congratulations. Great luck .... ya' never know what ya' might find just when you don't expect it. My S&W 22's have been my most fun guns to shoot.
Mine is a 3 digit (K 905) and shipped August 1947 per LOA. It appears the factory was shipping by the tenthousands those first couple post WWII years.
On mine notice on the invoice that the customers order is dated July 1940!....Wow........they waited 7 years (if that is a date).
Is your box numbered in any way to the gun? Reason I ask is because I'm always watching various places for period correct boxes and if I should be looking for the gold box for my 1947 K22 Masterpiece.
I believe you will find that it was shipped in 1948, as I have one with a little higher serial # that has been fairly well established as coming from that year... apparently S&W went into overdrive in the post-War years to get a ton of revolvers onto the market to fill demand, and more importantly to keep their own coffers healthy.
Condition of mine would run about 87-90% and it lacks the box, but it is one of my favorite guns to shoot. I’m quite confident you will enjoy yours as well. That early type tapered barrel with narrow rib balances well in my hand and is pleasant to carrry. Congratulations on your acquisition.
Don't mean to hijack your thread, but how was the show? I live in West Georgia and there are no shows out here worth attending. I see they are having another at the Expo in February. Like to attend that one if you think it's worth the time...Thanks!
Great show, but a little crazy. About 25% fewer vendors. Sold a lot and bought a lot, including a NIB Colt R-6720, S&W 15-3 and this K-22. I think the next one should be similar.
Mine is a 3 digit (K 905) and shipped August 1947 per LOA. It appears the factory was shipping by the tenthousands those first couple post WWII years.
On mine notice on the invoice that the customers order is dated July 1940!....Wow........they waited 7 years (if that is a date).
Is your box numbered in any way to the gun? Reason I ask is because I'm always watching various places for period correct boxes and if I should be looking for the gold box for my 1947 K22 Masterpiece.
Box is numbered to the gun, though grease pencil is a little faded, as expected in this condition.
I decided I would take a couple of photos of one of my favorite S&W’s. A 44 hand ejector 2nd model target. This revolver was shipped to the George Worthington Wholesale Hardware Co. in
Cleveland Ohio in the summer of 1930. She’s wearing the high polish finish of that era. Something that I really enjoy. Bill
[QUOTE=cmansguns;141033216]What a beauty, and with box too!
On mine notice on the invoice that the customers order is dated July 1940!....Wow........they waited 7 years (if that is a date).
The 1940 order date is correct. Remember, the factory was tooled up to met the demands of the British Government. They had to work off the debt owed from the Light Rifle, so commercial production was very limited. I have a letter Smith & Wesson sent out late in 1945 that states if you ordered a gun in 1940, we will honor it as soon as post war production starts up again.