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So I saw this 22/32 kit gun airweight box.
I asked about it.
If there was a gun or anything else.
Answer was no.....but then.
He pulls out this.
He's had it a long time but never broke it down for parts.
Says he's shot it too.
Serial 27777
For so many 7's it wasn't that lucky.
Has a frame crack.
Oh well it came home with me anyway and I think I'll probably shoot it.
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Interesting. Where is the frame cracked at?
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Under the barrel.
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Too bad; it has such a nice finish on it! And it's an early Model of 1955.
But it'll likely shoot forever with no further issues. You'll get years of service out of it.
Maybe S&W will offer to replace it with a new Mod 317 kit Gun.
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Jim I'm hoping your right.
Kit guns have gotten so expensive.
Pretty much untouchable for me now.
This was a parts gun price one so the dice went out. 
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Took it out and went through a box of ammo and everything was fine. Even have it dialed in pretty well.
I think the gun likes me.
Pretty happy to have a kit gun.
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Wonder when the crack appeared, from the factory when the barrel was torqued in and missed by QC, or after shooting?
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Congrats Paul, very nice!
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GREAT find...and I'd shoot it as it's only a .22 and should outlast you...
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Wonder when the crack appeared, from the factory when the barrel was torqued in and missed by QC, or after shooting?
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At this point 60 years later no one can answer that question.
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Congrats Paul, very nice!
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Thanks Gary
You'll have to try it some time.
Brought my favorite K 22 and a 45 colt.
The colt was a bit more stout after shooting those 22''s
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Well Paul, you proved again if you see any "signs" of a S&W, ASK. Paid off!
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I am certainly no expert in anything to do with firearms but if that were my revolver, I would keep an eye on it. If the barrel ever starts to loosen, I would take it apart, clean everything, and put it back together with an appropriate Loctite product. (They used to offer a product they called “Stud & Bearing Mount”. That might be the right one... ?) Just a thought - not an “engineering recommendation.” 
Great looking gun. I sure wouldn’t bother asking S&W for a trade! 
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Congratulations on a wonderful find
I have a similar Airweight 22/32 kit gun, but it is roughly 5000 pieces younger than yours.
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I am certainly no expert in anything to do with firearms but if that were my revolver, I would keep an eye on it. If the barrel ever starts to loosen, I would take it apart, clean everything, and put it back together with an appropriate Loctite product. (They used to offer a product they called “Stud & Bearing Mount”. That might be the right one... ?) Just a thought - not an “engineering recommendation.”
Great looking gun. I sure wouldn’t bother asking S&W for a trade! |
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I wouldnt ask for a trade /replacement either.
I knew full well what I was getting.
If it ever loosens parts value more than covers it.
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Congratulations on a wonderful find
I have a similar Airweight 22/32 kit gun, but it is roughly 5000 pieces younger than yours.
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Colt the box is in your range 32,774 IIRC
Almost exactly 5,000 from this gun.
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Well Paul, you proved again if you see any "signs" of a S&W, ASK. Paid off!
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Lol
I ask even without signs
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Colt the box is in your range 32,774 IIRC
Almost exactly 5,000 from this gun.
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That is close
Mine is 32,945
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