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The serial number is on the cylinder, and the seller specified that it had been re-chambered. Some gunsmith had reamed out the chambers and inserted sleeves. The fit is very good, and the gun locks up and shoots very well. I found a chart of serial numbers on the Internet, and it shows my...

K22, uncertain date, rechambered I recently acquired a K22, 6 inch, serial number K212480. It has been rechambered in .22 Magnum. "Mag" is marked inside the crane, but not on the barrel. It says only K22 on the barrel, not Model 17. I'm guessing it is a pre-17 from around 1954-55? It has 3...

Mine has been very reliable through hundreds of rounds, BUT the firing pin did break recently. SW fixed it, but this is not an uncommon problem. I would have gladly paid $5 more for the gun with a steel firing pin instead of that "injection-molded" pin they use. It's a design flaw they won't...

I just got three 25 rd mags today from S&W. Delivery time about 3 weeks.

Same here. Took about 3 weeks.