A Pair of Early 1950s Masterpieces

[Engine49guy]

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Okay, when I started off here I thought this was going to be more meaningful than it turned out when I got the copy of the letter out, but consider it a piece of the puzzle rather than a shocking revelation. This is a wide rib/heavy barrel K-22 shipped January 10, 1956---in Satin Blue---so the SWAG up above about when the finish changed from Satin to Bright Blue is close enough for government work!

Ralph Tremaine

Not sure if you are saying you have a 6" K22 that letters as having shipped in 56 in "Satin" blue, if so it is an anomaly I have never witnessed in the wild.
Have any pictures ?

 

[MHF]

Is this the label?

 

[JP@AK]

Is this the label?

Yep. And the one on my 1959 blue box is the same, except that the packager added TT in ink, since mine shipped with a target trigger. Magna stocks, BTW.

 

[JP@AK]

K-38 Masterpiece K219309 shipped in August of 1954.

Yes. I added that one to my list after your earlier post. Thank you.

 

[JP@AK]

Rule #1 with S&W is there are no rules with S&W.
Iirc this is one of Lee's pics from years ago.
Hopefully it posts

https://hosting.photobucket.com/alb...bums-k-38-heavy-masterpiece-picture4493-a.jpg

Very cool. Obviously, they still had a few maroon boxes lying around (or as you call them, burgundy). I wonder when that one shipped. There were five K-38s assembled on June 6, 1947. In May, 1948, 320 units were assembled. Three units that I know of shipped in February, 1948. Those all had four digit numbers in the K4500 range.