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Originally Posted by Goring's S&W
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Your revolver is known as a K-22 Rimfire Masterpiece.
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After WWII, S&W began to make a K-22 with a 4 inch barrel, and they called it the K-22 Rimfire Combat Masterpiece.
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The 6 in K-22 aka pre model 17 is more accurately known as a "K-22 target masterpiece" while the 4 in K-22 aka pre model 18 is known as a "K-22 combat masterpiece". AFAIK, the company never called either a "rimfire masterpiece" since all K-22s are rimfire anyways. |
Actually, the factory never had "TARGET" in the names of the Masterpiece line.
In the description, YES.
In the name, NO.
This OP's gun is a
"K-22 Masterpiece"
The 4 inch version is a
"22 Combat Masterpiece" without the
K
About 1950,All Model Circulars begin using
Heavy in the name of the K-32 Masterpiece and K-38 Masterpiece, as in
K-38 Heavy Masterpiece, but eventually dropped the
Heavy as the lighter barrels faded into the past.
The names of the models are:
K-22 Masterpiece (6 inch)
K-32 Masterpiece (6 inch)
K-38 Masterpiece (6 inch)
38 Combat Masterpiece (4 inch)
22 Combat Masterpiece (4 inch)
Since the
38 Combat Masterpiece preceded the
22 Combat Masterpiece and there were initially NO plans to build a 22 version, the early All Model Circulars showing the
38 Combat Masterpiece simply called it the
Combat Masterpiece- See Pic #4. The
38 was added to
Combat Masterpiece AFTER the
22 Combat Masterpiece was introduced.
I have posted this data a bunch of times.
Y'all write it down!
Pics below are from 1946, 1950, 1969, 1950, and 1969 All Model Circulars.