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Seems I'm getting some advice to avoid standard longs so I assume it would apply to shorts also(?). I guess part of the theory is a short or long could be loaded to the same pressure levels as standard LRs but unlikely to high velocity LR pressures I would think. I have some subsonic, hollow...

I went down to Academy Sports and had them run through all their .22 ammo (why is all .22 ammo kept behind the counter and everything else is out in the open????). Finally bought some Remington 1050 fps subsonic 48 grain LRs (being clearance out). Everything else they had in LR was 1200 or...

Thanks - I can switch to 22 longs - I need to do something. Barrel and chambers are excellent and clean. I took my SS kit gun .22 out and shot some of the same Federal loads and the fired casings practically fall out of the bores when I open the cylinder. Can't pick up any differences between...

I took my old gun to the range the other day and fired two cylinders of Federal standard LRs in it (1200 fps). I had some difficulty extracting the fired cases. They extract but drag quite a bit. I spent quite a bit of time trying to check the cylinder, fired cases and cylinder bores for any...

Muscle cars and guns - alright. This is my 66 427 Corvette I did a body off restoration of about 20 years ago. It has a replacement 427 full of mostly L88 parts, newly built Muncie M22W rock crusher and 4.11 rear. This is my 67 GTX 440/A727/3.55/full power/air. It's not really restored -...

Here is 399405 that I understand dates to 1925. I'm not real smart on these guns so I'll just post some photos. The stocks do match the gun as do all major parts.

I saw Fifi years ago at a Little Rock fly in and took a tour through it. Compared to the B-24 and even more so to the B-17, it seemed almost semi-modern with the pressurized crew spaces and radar directed gun mounts. Very cool old war plane.

Thanks - that's actually a bit earlier than I expected considering the serial number.

My wife's brother inherited their Dad's K-22 and he's curious as to the date of manufacture or shipping. Here is the only picture I have with our I-frame target 22 to the left of it. I can't seem to get the picture rotated correctly. It's not in bad shape from memory but far from pristine as...

Wow - that's amazing. Great looking gun now. Congratulations

Thanks for the replies - always nice to know I didn't take a beating on the price. I stopped by early on the last day and I noticed it was one of the few pistol/revolvers left. I told my wife that if she was still wanting a .22 revolver to shoot, this would probably be a good one. She isn't...

Thanks - The chambers are not recessed. Also the serial number is on the cylinder at the back. I'm thinking it's original. The barrel to cylinder gap is very tight - as in about as little as it can be and not drag. That may have something to do with the cylinder fit & appearance. S&W seems...

Thanks for the replies. I pulled the stocks off and did find the penciled number. I can easily make out the 399 although the last three are pretty difficult to make out. I can make 405 out of them if I try, but couldn't swear to it with a hand on the bible. Maybe with a bit stronger light...

New member - with an older S&W 22 I bought what I think is a fairly old I frame 22 S&W so my wife can plink with it. It seems like a pretty nice gun with a few scars. It has some unusual stocks on it that seem to be target stocks - I'm wondering if they could be original? It also has two...