LERKing around on Friday

[Timb1]

I thought I would share some pictures of an early K22 and K38 with the LERKs. I heard that there was not a K38 known a past the 4000 serial number range. This one is is only 89 numbers past but it makes me wonder if there is another one.

Anyway here are some Friday pics.

 

[bullmack]

Did you mean to say 5000? Otherwise your s/n is 1089 past 4000.

 

[Timb1]

Did you mean to say 5000? Otherwise your s/n is 1089 past 4000.

I am thinking up to 4999 but I guess that would be 90

 

[RKmesa]

Great guns!!! From the records that I used to keep, there are not many K-38 Masterpiece LERKs. I did see another early one sell recently on GB. I was a bidder on it as it was two SN adjacent to my K-38 Masterpiece LERK, but several someones wanted it more than me. I hope that it ended up with someone on the forum. Mine is K4564, and I the one that recently sold was K4566 (link to completed auction https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1110377199 ).

 

[Timb1]

Great guns!!! From the records that I used to keep, there are not many K-38 Masterpiece LERKs. I did see another early one sell recently on GB. I was a bidder on it as it was two SN adjacent to my K-38 Masterpiece LERK, but several someones wanted it more than me. I hope that it ended up with someone on the forum. Mine is K4564, and I the one that recently sold was K4566 (link to completed auction https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1110377199 ).

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I would have thought that was a steal, with only a dozen or so known K38 LERK. But I may be behind the current values. Thanks for the info!!

 

[RKmesa]

I would have thought that was a steal, with only a dozen or so known K38 LERK. But I may be behind the current values. Thanks for the info!!

I thought it was a steal. It was mislabled and had a McGivern bead FS. I did not have one already, I would have gladly paid twice that amount! I probably should have continued bidding anyway...

 

[45Smashemflat]

Ok, the judges are going to need a ruling on this. What's a LERK?

 

[weatherby]

Ok, the judges are going to need a ruling on this. What's a LERK?

To the op
Both nice guns and great to have a set.

To this poster it's a can of worms
An acronym for Larrge Ejector Rod Knob.
Which isn't really true

 

[45Smashemflat]

Alrighty! Thanks!

 

[bravastar1]

I bought this LERK K-38 some years back. I do not think you will see a higher serial number than this one. Strange I would say. Looks like the factory was using up old parts. Pretty cool if you ask me. Shipped May 1948.

 

[Muley Gil]

To the op
Both nice guns and great to have a set.

To this poster it's a can of worms
An acronym for Larrge Ejector Rod Knob.
Which isn't really true

I prefer the following terms:

Mushroom Head ejector rod

Barrel Head ejector rod

Straight ejector rod

 

[DWalt]

Barrel shaped extractor rod knob. It came after the mushroom shaped knob and before the knurled extractor rod tip (KERT)