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IIRC, Skeeter lucked into his first one in 1951 from another Border Patrolman who needed money for an airplane, and wrote that they were very scarce at that time.

ADDED:NATO Cross and Circle present, WMA headstamp, from Cabela's.

FWIW- Q4318- Box says 1140 Muzzle Vel. My results a year ago @ 15': 5"1911-1190; 4" Lone Wolf-1163; 4" M39-2-1131; Glock 43 3.4"-1088.

Please show a picture of the cheekpiece if you can.

Look at Mike Priwer's postings- there's a three-fold that shows his order form.

Why isn't the Target Hammer mentioned in the letter?

Bought my first one in the early days of IHMSA when I thought I should be getting better scores than I was with my 8 3/8ths M29. Had factory barrels in .357Mag, .357 Herrett, .30 Herrett, .30 Ingram, and a .30/30 Win. My scores did get better but I was shooting every weekend and couldn't afford...

It appears the expander plug is missing from the die with nothing in it. Call RCBS and they'll send you one, possibly @ no charge.

FWIW, the letter on my '51 .22 CM states " The .22 Combat Masterpiece series was introduced by Smith & Wesson in late 1949......", and goes on to say " In 1950 when the factory first cataloged this model....". For the record, mine, shipped 9/14/51, letters with a "target hammer and checkered...

Very nice indeed! I have the same item- S256XXX- not quite as nice as yours, but close. I've talked to several known S&W gurus, but none seem to know exactly why the odd boxes.

According to Lacy's book the 20" carbine version production was over 2000 when the barrel was changed to 23.5" (He lists 1003 made in '62). Brass is scarce these days, partially due to the case being a favorite for 6mm and 7mm wildcats with BR (6x47) and silhouette shooters (7x47).

BUY IT NOW!!!

First, buy one then worry yourself silly deciding if you should use it- at least you'll satisfy the owning craving. Kind of like new guns-same process in some cases!!!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder-It looks a lot nicer than the "as issued" Mark I that I pulled out of a bunch of other '03s in a cardboard barrel at a Denver GEM store years ago!

Your Dad had good taste! Don't worry, .284 ammo will be around and I assume that if you're into wildcats you reload, so ammo isn't a problem. The .284 case is one of the darlings of the LR boys and brass will be around as soon as the current situation normalizes. Tip-Keep an eye on that early...

Show us some pictures of the boxes and/or the headstamps. 50 years ago was 1971 so the ammo should be fine unless it got wet at some point!

A search revealed an earlier post by Mr. Jinks stated the M53 twist was 15".

Nice example of a "Classic Rimfire". My only complaint was the "hit or miss" triggers on the both Target and the Sporters- hope yours is a good one!

Anyone heard from Fuzzy's grandson who posted a while back on getting something going again with the design?

IIRC, Tom Ferguson, who wrote for GUN WORLD, did an article about the AF gunsmiths at Lackland and included some remarks about the M15s being refurbed there. They were all new when I was in!