md8232
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S/N K 74451
6" BBL
5 Screw Sideplate
S&W High Horn Diamond Checkered Grips
6" BBL
5 Screw Sideplate
S&W High Horn Diamond Checkered Grips
Help ID a K-22
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Probably from 1949.
Yup, K-22 Masterpiece. With that serial number it probably dates to 1949.
EDITED TO ADD: Jack got there first. I'm glad we agree!
EDITED TO ADD: Jack got there first. I'm glad we agree!
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K22 Masterpiece revolver manufactured in 1949.
DWalt
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Closest SN I have to K 74451 on my list is K 757xx (a K-38) which shipped in 5/49. I also show a K-22 with SN K 761xx which shipped in 10/49. Your gun was definitely 1949 production. K-22s did not have high horn grips. Yours should have the so-called "Sharp Shoulder" Magnas, in use until the early 1950s.
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I agree with all above.
High horn Magna grips are shown on the Centennial J frame left, middle, and Med high horns are shown on the Bodyguard top, right:
High horn Magna grips are shown on the Centennial J frame left, middle, and Med high horns are shown on the Bodyguard top, right:
Help me out here - I always thought the high horn term referenced the high sides on the stocks that rose above the butt-frame onto the sides of the frame. They could be either sharp or rounded shoulder.
So you could have a high horn, sharp shoulder set of stocks??
I shipped in 1949. I'm high horned and proud!
No, you could have round or sharp shouldered Magna stocks, as opposed to Service or round top stocks.
Only J frames could have med high and high horn Magnas.
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So they are the exact same design as the K frame Magnas and Targets except for the round butt. So who started using this term and why is it only reserved for the J frame?? As E. F. Hutton said "Inquiring minds want to know".
The terms develop from collectors over many years. "Necessity is the mother of invention" as it goes. So when the Model names and numbers fail to describe specifically a model's features and/or vintage, collector descriptive terms evolve.
There's numerous examples of this verbal shorthand in Smith collecting: "pre model", "pre war", "post war", "baby Chiefs", mushroom knob, barrel knob, screw count (5, 4, 3 screw frame), cokes, etc., etc.
I and J frame Magnas on two models only made on the J frame have characteristics specific to those models that K frames do not, hence the 'high horn' and 'med horn' terms for the Centennial and Bodyguard Magnas respectively. Early models have them, later versions do not, so they help distinguish the vintage, or if they have incorrect replacements.
K and N frame Magnas have the 'sharp shoulder' feature on early models that J frames do not have. And later models have 'round shoulders', hence those terms are only specific to K and N frame Magnas.
Hope this is helpful,
There's numerous examples of this verbal shorthand in Smith collecting: "pre model", "pre war", "post war", "baby Chiefs", mushroom knob, barrel knob, screw count (5, 4, 3 screw frame), cokes, etc., etc.
I and J frame Magnas on two models only made on the J frame have characteristics specific to those models that K frames do not, hence the 'high horn' and 'med horn' terms for the Centennial and Bodyguard Magnas respectively. Early models have them, later versions do not, so they help distinguish the vintage, or if they have incorrect replacements.
K and N frame Magnas have the 'sharp shoulder' feature on early models that J frames do not have. And later models have 'round shoulders', hence those terms are only specific to K and N frame Magnas.
Hope this is helpful,
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Both look like standard: standard J Magnas, and standard (round shoulder) K Magnas; neither high horn nor sharp shoulder terms apply.
The only difference of J vs. K vs. N standard rd shoulder Magna rd butt stocks is overall size.
On the J sq butt stocks, they have round butt corners similar to J rd butts and again 3 different overall sizes.
The only difference of J vs. K vs. N standard rd shoulder Magna rd butt stocks is overall size.
On the J sq butt stocks, they have round butt corners similar to J rd butts and again 3 different overall sizes.
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Targets Guy
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Sounds like a nice one.
Here is a 1947 K-22
and a 1951 K-38
Here is a 1947 K-22
and a 1951 K-38
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I have what they call a one liner also. I enjoy it a great deal
These are sharp shoulder K & N frame Magnas:
