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Old 04-20-2018, 09:10 PM
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Was looking for another shooter K-22 17 and came across this one. I do not have it in my hands yet waiting for it to arrive.

I did a search of the forum and seems that there was more than one stamped this way. The two examples I found were both approx 1968 manufacture. I ended up purchasing it for $700 figured, I would give that anyway for a later 17 in this condition. I believe it to be a factory mistake but seemed like it would be a neat addition.

I was thinking of requesting a factory letter for it. I was curious if anyone one else had obtained a letter for a factory incorrectly stamped revolver? I am also interested if this letter would clarify that the revolver was incorrectly and or mistakenly stamped wrong from the factory?

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I don't know if your dates are correct. I have a 17-2, that shipped in 1964. Yours is marked -1, mine -2. Bob
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Yes, yours seems to be correct to me according to SWSC 3rd addition. But I don’t seem how this one could be stamped a -1 if it was manufactured almost 2K units after yours. I’m guessing it was a factory mistake.

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There have been several posts here about late 1960s model 17-1s. Likely another example of "no good parts go to waste" at S & W, or a batch of -1 frames found after the -2 started production and stamped with the then-current SN.
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Old 04-20-2018, 10:56 PM
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This one is a 3 screw for sure. I confirmed it before purchase, no screw in trigger guard. I was interested in how many were stamped incorrectly and if a letter would confirm the incorrect stamp.
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There have been several posts here about late 1960s model 17-1s. Likely another example of "no good parts go to waste" at S & W, or a batch of -1 frames found after the -2 started production and stamped with the then-current SN.
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You seem to be very knowledgeable on the K-22, as you commented previous threads made several years ago. To your knowledge Is there any indication that a frame Initially produced/stamped as a 17-1 4 screw frame could be put back in to production as a 3 screw several years later? I believe this to be a 17-2 stamped incorrectly as a 17-1.
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I think either scenario is possible, and I never read about one of the "late" 17-1s being lettered. If it was mis-stamped, there must have been at least a few of them, which makes one wonder how that might have happened...
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It finally arrived and was in much nicer condition than I expected barely a turn line. 1500 rounds of quality 22lr later took care of that issue.

Now this is the first model marked 17 that I have owned. I have never had an issue with the 5 and 4 screw K-22's, but this one is very hard to eject spent shell casings. The ammo I used was quality and heavily lubed and a couple times during the shooting session I added some CLP to the cylinder and the results were the same.

The ejector rod has to be slammed with the palm of my hand to eject spent casings. I figured I just needed to break this old 1968 revolver in but 1500 rounds later it still requires a good old thump to the ejector rod.

I cleaned it up took some glamour shots then went behind the barn to try it out.





It is very accurate and I took a video of me ejecting the spent casings. I pressed very firmly on the rod with my thumb, enough to leave an imprint. It still took a good thump to the ejector to expel the spent casings.
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. . . I have never had an issue with the 5 and 4 screw K-22's, but this one is very hard to eject spent shell casings . . . The ejector rod has to be slammed with the palm of my hand to eject spent casings . . .
A relatively common problem with K22s. Some have reported success with a vigorous use of a bore brush plus a polishing abrasive such as J-B Bore Cleaning Compound to lap in the cylinder walls.

I have had good success with a finish reamer and some good cutting oil on each chamber.

A K-22 is too fine to live with the frustration of hard extraction . . . it is too easily remedied,

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Another brand of .22 LR (with smaller brass) may extract more easily, but Russ' idea with chamber honing is a good one too.
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Another brand of .22 LR (with smaller brass) may extract more easily, but Russ' idea with chamber honing is a good one too.
I use Federal brand ammo... most anything else is hard to extract.
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