dob K-22
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It should have a letter "K" prefix to the SN. This letter is sometime to the far left of the SN on the butt.
If thats the case, it should be 1948.
If thats the case, it should be 1948.
Dave: Your K-22 will be a very fine shooter. If not, it would be the first one on record. Have fun - You made a great choice. Leo
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leo918 you were right it is very accurt but i don't know how. someone dry fired the heck out of it. there are heavy indentations on the back of cylinder. the cartridge chambers and the star are in bad shape. but it locks up tight. i wounder if you can get a new cylinder and star for it if it ever goes bad? don't want to spend to much on it but for a 63 year old gun i would like to keep it alive.
thanks dave
leo918 you were right it is very accurt but i don't know how. someone dry fired the heck out of it. there are heavy indentations on the back of cylinder. the cartridge chambers and the star are in bad shape. but it locks up tight. i wounder if you can get a new cylinder and star for it if it ever goes bad? don't want to spend to much on it but for a 63 year old gun i would like to keep it alive.
thanks dave
Old parts are available from a variety of sources, but if the gun still works I wouldn't dream of trying to fix it before its time. I think you could use any cylinder that was produced up to about 1960; after that changes start to appear. If you do add a new cylinder assembly, a gunsmith might have to adjust the ratchet (or the existing hand in your lockwork) to make sure the new parts time right.
Those dents on the back of the cylinder indicate to me that there was previously a timing problem -- that's not necessarily dry-firing damage, though of course it could be. Maybe the gun needed a new hand, or hand spring. If it times correctly now, whatever was wrong with it was corrected in the past.
Those early postwar K-22s just go on forever. It's possible for them to get old and used-looking, but it is pretty difficult to ruin one short of hitting it with a hammer or using it to crack rocks.
Those dents on the back of the cylinder indicate to me that there was previously a timing problem -- that's not necessarily dry-firing damage, though of course it could be. Maybe the gun needed a new hand, or hand spring. If it times correctly now, whatever was wrong with it was corrected in the past.
Those early postwar K-22s just go on forever. It's possible for them to get old and used-looking, but it is pretty difficult to ruin one short of hitting it with a hammer or using it to crack rocks.
dob k22
thanks david,you made me feel better. those dents fall between the cylinder holes. i tryed the timeing again and it locks up good and tight on each hole. and shot it some more, it a great shooter. i traded a ruger single-six for it plus some money. it may not look to good but if it were nice i would not what to carry it around the homeplace. i'am 67 and it may outlast me.
thanks dave
thanks david,you made me feel better. those dents fall between the cylinder holes. i tryed the timeing again and it locks up good and tight on each hole. and shot it some more, it a great shooter. i traded a ruger single-six for it plus some money. it may not look to good but if it were nice i would not what to carry it around the homeplace. i'am 67 and it may outlast me.
thanks dave
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