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Originally Posted by NavySCPO
Gary, is that the wide barrel (I’m sure that’s the wrong description), but they made them in each configuration didn’t they? . . .
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Actually, the first K22 Masterpiece revolver was made just before WWII, with a total of just over 1000 made. This model did not have a rib. The first K frame 22 was called the Outdoorsman and made from 1930 to 1940. The second model, made from 1940 to 1942, was the very first K22 Masterpiece.
The wide rib you are thinking about , introduced in the early 1950s for the K38, was named the K38 Heavy Masterpiece. Some shooters wanted a set of revolvers that were the same weight as the K22, so the factory started making a larger barrel and a wide rib to match the weight of the K22.