dnonac
Member
I've been looking for 2 specific guns lately; anything with a 29 or Pre 29 in it (Thanks 29-Aholic) and (my latest want) a birthday year 1949 Pre 17. I hit the Houston show this morning right after it opened and made a fairly rapid walk around. I find my antennae are getting much better now that I've had a few S&W's and I can usually spot them fairly fast. I did see a couple of interest but nothing on my immediate list.
On my 2nd walkthough of the show, I zoned in on an old K22 Outdoorsman with some add-on target stocks. Even though I knew it was older than I am, the gun had a price tag below $500 so.....I asked to take a closer look. As the guy unplugged the alarm and cut the plastic tie from the hammer, I started noticing a few things wrong. A minor nick on the barrel, hammer and trigger way too shiny, some normal looking wear and worst of all.....two scope mount looking drilled holes in the top strap. Ouch. But, I figured for a shooter maybe the guy would deal some on it.
I offered way below the tag price and pointed out the drillings and scratches and the non-original grips...in a nice way, but wanting to make sure he knew I knew. The guy dialed his phone (apparently the owner was at home) and explained my offer to the owner. They talked for quite a while and I figured the deal was rejected.....until he turned to me and stuck out his hand to shake.
So...here it is. A K22 Outdoorsman, serial # 674240 which should make it shipped in early 1939 or thereabouts based on numbers I see in the database. It's got the stainless site bead and I think it had a reblue at some time in it's life, although there are no frame markings to indicate a factory job. I haven't cleaned it or fired it yet but will this week. For the price I paid, I can easily live with the two holes on the top strap (I may put in a couple of screws just to fill the holes), the shiny trigger and hammer and I'm even liking the feel of the target grips as well. I don't know much about this model but I'll keep reading and getting great info from the experts here.
Craig...
S&WCA
On my 2nd walkthough of the show, I zoned in on an old K22 Outdoorsman with some add-on target stocks. Even though I knew it was older than I am, the gun had a price tag below $500 so.....I asked to take a closer look. As the guy unplugged the alarm and cut the plastic tie from the hammer, I started noticing a few things wrong. A minor nick on the barrel, hammer and trigger way too shiny, some normal looking wear and worst of all.....two scope mount looking drilled holes in the top strap. Ouch. But, I figured for a shooter maybe the guy would deal some on it.
I offered way below the tag price and pointed out the drillings and scratches and the non-original grips...in a nice way, but wanting to make sure he knew I knew. The guy dialed his phone (apparently the owner was at home) and explained my offer to the owner. They talked for quite a while and I figured the deal was rejected.....until he turned to me and stuck out his hand to shake.
So...here it is. A K22 Outdoorsman, serial # 674240 which should make it shipped in early 1939 or thereabouts based on numbers I see in the database. It's got the stainless site bead and I think it had a reblue at some time in it's life, although there are no frame markings to indicate a factory job. I haven't cleaned it or fired it yet but will this week. For the price I paid, I can easily live with the two holes on the top strap (I may put in a couple of screws just to fill the holes), the shiny trigger and hammer and I'm even liking the feel of the target grips as well. I don't know much about this model but I'll keep reading and getting great info from the experts here.
Craig...
S&WCA
