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Old 04-14-2013, 10:22 PM
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We have a 6 shot revolver that states 22 Long Rifle CTG on the barrel. Serial number is K313xx. I am trying to figure out model number and date of manufacture. Can anyone help?

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Old 04-14-2013, 10:24 PM
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Did you open the cylinder and look for the model on the frame where the yoke otherwise hides it?
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Old 04-14-2013, 10:33 PM
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It's possible it was made before 1957. If thats the case it won't have a model number.
Can you post a picture or two? That would really help in determining what model you have.

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Probably have a pre model 17 if there is no model number
stamped inside the crane. Does it look like these?

The one on the bottom is in the serial # range.
K-22 Pre-17

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Chuck -
Wow pictures! Ours looks just like the one on the bottom because it has the four lined stamp of writing above right of the trigger.

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And if it has a 4 inch barrel with a ramp front sight it is probably a 22 Combat Masterpiece or Pre-model 18. K313xxx looks to be 1957 manufacture with model stamping beginning about K317xxx.
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We have a 6 shot revolver that states 22 Long Rifle CTG on the barrel. Serial number is K313xx. I am trying to figure out model number and date of manufacture. Can anyone help?

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From the limited information given you have a post WWII K-22 Masterpiece. Assuming the SN contains only 5 numerals after the K then it dates to 1948, which is considerably before model numbers were assigned in 1957. There is no model number, it is a "Named Model". If it has a 4" barrel then it would be a .22 "Combat Masterpiece". Various sources give an date of introduction for the Combat Masterpiece variously as 1948 or 1949. It is most likely a 6".
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It is a 5 inch barrel with a ramp front sight.

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I'm sorry, I don't know what "Named Model" means.

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It just means that it would have a name instead of a model number.
For example the K-22 Masterpiece (pre WWII was 2nd model)(post WWII was 3rd model). The post war than became the Model 17.
The K-22 Combat Masterpiece began in 1949 and then became the Model 18.
The famous 357 Magnum (post war) then became the Model 27
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It is a 5 inch barrel with a ramp front sight.

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Barrel length is measured from the muzzle (dangerous) end all the way to the face of the cylinder, not just to the frame. I am betting you have a 6 inch barrel mainly because a 5 inch would be unusual (very) in this model. You mention yours looks like the bottom one in the picture of the three revolvers. That one is a 6 inch barrel with what is called a Patridge front sight, named after a late 1800s and turn of the century target shooter named E. E. Patridge (not Partridge). Later, in another post, however, you mention a ramp from sight and that would be normal on the 4 inch, but not the 6 inch barrel.

As to names versus model numbers, S&W revolvers all have names, but in 1957 they were all assigned model numbers. If there is no model number stamped in the yoke, then you have a pre-model revolver.

For example, a 6 inch target 22 built on the K frame was called a K22 Masterpiece. In 1957, that same model became the Model 17 K22 Masterpiece. Collectors call the named models "Pre-Models," so if you have a K22 made before model numbers, it would be called by collectors a Pre-Model 17 K 22 Masterpiece.

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Okay. So with a 6 inch barrel, to summarize the information provided, it is most likely a K-22 masterpiece pre-17 manufactured in 1948.

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You got it Ruth.
If it looks like the bottom one in my picture with the serial
number you provided, it is a pre-17 Also known as a K22
masterpiece. Very good shooting, smooth action, and most
of all FUN guns to shoot. Enjoy in good health.

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