David,

Did I ever give you the numbers from my pair? Can't recall....

Drew

Yes, I have them. Thank you.

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David Wilson

AWESOME revolvers !

I am curiouse if the K22/40 Masterpiece was created by upgrading 4 parts on the existing K22 Outdoorsman ?

If not than besides the new micrometer rear site /taller front site, "Short action" hammer / trigger are there any other differences?

Thanks for sharing those beauties!

I'm not completely sure, but I think the hammer stud may have been staked in a slightly different position. There were custom modifications available that involved shifting the hammer stud about half its diameter, and pictures of one such mod have appeared on this forum in the last 18 months. I don't know if the factory changed the lock speed by changing the hammer design alone or by moving its pivot point as well.

There was also a thread last year in which it was discovered that a K-22 OD hammer would function in a K-22/40. I'm not sure we ever came to a complete understanding of how that worked.

The literature for the K-22/40 also mentions an overtravel stop. I haven't yet opened my K-22/40 so I don't know if that is a separate small piece (as in the postwar masterpieces) or just a feature of the trigger design.

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David Wilson

David,

I believe it was a thread about a 22/40 that came from the factory with an OD hammer and a poster proved it would work and that the hammers were actually interchangeable IIRC.
Pre-war K-22 Masterpiece value

I always thought that was a reference to the step in the back of the hammer. But I'm very curious to know what you find in your 22/40.

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Jim
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I have no dog in this "fight" but i want to thank all of the posters in this thread for their contribution. Education like this is hard to come by and I sincerely appreciate all of what has been said above. Thank you.