I guess I'm on a lucky streak with auctions, but I would trade all the good fortune there -- and all my guns, too -- if I could get some luck for my wife and younger daughter and their serious health problems.
Recently I have been placing multiple auction bids for guns that interest me at or just below the low end of a reasonable value range. Most of the guns will not come to me, of course, but on a random basis the lack of interest from others will let me pick up a gun (hard to guess in advance which of several it might be) at an extremely reasonable price. That has happened four or five times in the last month, much to my surprise. In this particular case it may have helped that the gun was misidentified as a "Pre-War 32/22 Double Action Target Revolver," whatever that might be.
K-22 Outdoorsman, 634373. About 95% condition. All parts number together, including stocks. Gold bead front sight, single elevation adjustment screw on the rear sight. I haven't yet asked for a date from the company, but it ought to be not much later than June or July 1931. [EDITED TO ADD: Shipment confirmed in June 1931.]
The earliest K-22 Outdoorsman models were numbered in the 632000 range. There was another spate of them in the 634000 range, of which this is one. Only a few hundred .22 ODs were made with the gold bead sight, and then in late 1931 the stainless steel "brilliant" bead became standard for the model.
I got a couple of old Colt target revolvers on the random low bid basis, too. One's a Police Positive .22, the other a .38 Officers Model Target. Both predate the 1930s. (I'll post them on some other forum.
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Recently I have been placing multiple auction bids for guns that interest me at or just below the low end of a reasonable value range. Most of the guns will not come to me, of course, but on a random basis the lack of interest from others will let me pick up a gun (hard to guess in advance which of several it might be) at an extremely reasonable price. That has happened four or five times in the last month, much to my surprise. In this particular case it may have helped that the gun was misidentified as a "Pre-War 32/22 Double Action Target Revolver," whatever that might be.
K-22 Outdoorsman, 634373. About 95% condition. All parts number together, including stocks. Gold bead front sight, single elevation adjustment screw on the rear sight. I haven't yet asked for a date from the company, but it ought to be not much later than June or July 1931. [EDITED TO ADD: Shipment confirmed in June 1931.]
The earliest K-22 Outdoorsman models were numbered in the 632000 range. There was another spate of them in the 634000 range, of which this is one. Only a few hundred .22 ODs were made with the gold bead sight, and then in late 1931 the stainless steel "brilliant" bead became standard for the model.
I got a couple of old Colt target revolvers on the random low bid basis, too. One's a Police Positive .22, the other a .38 Officers Model Target. Both predate the 1930s. (I'll post them on some other forum.
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BTW I saw your Colts on that other forum and they look amazing too. Congratulations on your streak and I hope your wife and daughter find good fortune with their health problems. Good thoughts, from the east coast, sent their way.
