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My favorite "slow down and ENJOY shooting" S&W.
This one will eventually go to my oldest grandson. I have another one for his brother as well.
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Granpappy's pistol!  Nice. 
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Beautiful. That's my birth year grail gun.
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05-26-2022, 04:42 PM
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DRYHEAT, that is a gorgeous revolver, I'm sure you treasure it and so will your grandsons.
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05-26-2022, 05:48 PM
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That's a mighty fine one! My grandaddy got me one just like it (1955 vintage) when I turned 12. He kept it "for me" but it was mine  If I behaved all week, when we went fishing Saturday I would get a coke, a candy bar, and a box of WW 22s to shoot.
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05-26-2022, 06:07 PM
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Thank you handejector and everyone else.
This K-22 is one of my 4 birth month & year (11/47) Smiths in my collection.
Here with its twin:
Left: shipped - 11/03/47 • Right: shipped - 11/20/47
Current 4 Roy-Letter K frames:
The K-22 with the 11/47 Issue of the American Rifleman given to me by my late father-in-law. A very fine pistol shot and very missed.
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05-26-2022, 06:28 PM
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My slow down and enjoy guns are my 1950 K22. Model 48-4 and dads old 10-5.
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05-26-2022, 09:56 PM
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For me, it's my old Regulation Police targets. Just fun to shoot- no drama. I got a thing for .32's. Most likely going to son#3 along with the Ladysmiths (which he has dibs on in no uncertain terms!)
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This one will eventually go to my oldest grandson. I have another one for his brother as well. |
1. Thanks for sharing your beauties.
2. Compliments on your pics, the lighting and composition are superb!
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05-27-2022, 02:38 PM
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On the subject of birthday month/year S&W searches, I have been lucky four times. The Holy Grail/Golden Unicorn to me would finding ANY S&W that has the Roy Letter showing shipped 11/13/47. The model doesn't matter, caliber doesn't matter, even condition is not critical... just the lettered date.
Still looking. -Bill
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05-27-2022, 04:01 PM
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Great older guns. All my S&W revolvers will go to my 2 son-laws and 5 grandsons.
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05-27-2022, 04:16 PM
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My slow down ones are the various 22 revolvers K22, M18, M34, 617's and Grandpa's 1905 M&P target. Then again I'm kinda slow anyway
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05-27-2022, 04:58 PM
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GSP Fan, My very first handgun I bought, and first S&W was a blued 2” M34. I really wish I had kept that one. Currently this will have to do:
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05-27-2022, 07:22 PM
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Fine stuff here! The old girl on the left shipped to Abercrombie & Fitch just a little later, 12-12-47.
The Combat Masterpiece is circa 1949.
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My favorite "slow down and ENJOY shooting" S&W.
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My great uncle's K22 is definitely one of mine. Another is a BSR in .38 S&W that shipped on my father's 10th birthday.
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I also shoot the 2" M&P slowly too.
.22 is still more fun.
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Although not as nice as any listed here, I recently picked up a M17-3 with a 1975 mfg. date. It matches my son in laws year of birth. Cleaned, it is one of my top shooting handguns. It will be a great gift for him someday.
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Yours is quite nice! Here's my 1947 K-22 that has a 4 digit
S/N - K57xx.
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The quest for a birth year gun lead me to this K22, great plinker.
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Always a K-22!
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A question for all of you who shoot your revolvers regularly. Do you remove the cylinder before cleaning the gun? The little screw that retains the yoke suggests that S&W did not envisage frequent removal.
I always remove for cleaning, but my Webley revolvers have that large head screw that can be undone with a coin. With my S&Ws I need the services of a narrow blade screwdriver!
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I have never removed the cylinder for cleaning.
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my slow down and enjoy is a mod 48 nd, modified to a .22 cal and a 3 in. bbl. red ramp,white outline, tt,th.
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