K-22 Outdoorsman Front Sight

[PeteC]

Your picture looks more gold than stainless?

It is a VERY pale yellow, so you may be correct. According to the caliper, it is .104~5 wide. I though it was stainless, a bit tarnished. The gun was not horribly dirty, but it was not completely clean, either. Still isn't. On the other hand, the finish is remarkably nice looking aside from the obvious muzzle wear, and a few nicks. Besides a couple worn Model of 1905 38's over the years, I have never owned a pre-WWII revolver. Or pre-1950. One other recent purchase and my Victory Model, and neither one of those have a polished blue finish like this. I don't know if this is how they are usually found, but this is an almost glass like deep blue finish (with muzzle wear and a few nicks). There is a strange story behind this gun, partly related in my other thread.

 

[rct269]

The first one I ever did was on a pretty much flat mint 7 1/2" Triple Lock Target---no practice---just slow and easy. Tap-tap. It moved!! COOL!! Tap-tap again. It moved again! Damn----I'm pretty good!

Now there's nothing wrong with some practice, but caution driven by fear works pretty well too.

Ralph Tremaine

 

[paplinker]

It is a VERY pale yellow, so you may be correct. According to the caliper, it is .104~5 wide. I though it was stainless, a bit tarnished. The gun was not horribly dirty, but it was not completely clean, either. Still isn't. On the other hand, the finish is remarkably nice looking aside from the obvious muzzle wear, and a few nicks. Besides a couple worn Model of 1905 38's over the years, I have never owned a pre-WWII revolver. Or pre-1950. One other recent purchase and my Victory Model, and neither one of those have a polished blue finish like this. I don't know if this is how they are usually found, but this is an almost glass like deep blue finish (with muzzle wear and a few nicks). There is a strange story behind this gun, partly related in my other thread.

Put a little ren wax on a cloth or Q tip . Clean that front sight up a little. You will get your answer. I ren wax all my guns and that deep bluing really looks good.

 

[PeteC]

Put a little ren wax on a cloth or Q tip . Clean that front sight up a little. You will get your answer. I ren wax all my guns and that deep bluing really looks good.

I did clean it between the earlier pics and this one. I can do it again though. No Renaissance Wax so far. Just rounds of gun cleaner and oil. The cylinder chambers are clean and shiny, and so is the bore. It's clean enough to shoot now...
It took me forever to understand how the windage adjustment works, and that you have to loosen one side first before you can tighten the other.

 

[Fullmetaljacket]

So, after digesting all the replies to my original post and contemplating removing the front sight to see if it was numbered to the frame, I made an interesting discovery. I looked carefully at the rear face of the blade with a strong light and a magnifying loupe and noticed part of an extremely faint circular mark. I mean barely visible to the naked eye visible. It dawned on me that someone may have painted over the bead. A Q-Tip and some laquer thinner, a little rubbing and presto, a silver bead! This may be the best job of painting a blade that I've ever seen. If I had not been curious as to why mine did not have the standard factory sight I would have never even thought to look. Anyway, feeling a little sheepish...mystery solved.

 

[DARE]

No reason to feel sheepish. The only dumb question is the one you don't ask. You learned something. I usually do when I post a thread here. Lots of knowledge available from this group.

 

[quietman123]

Here are photos of my 634XXX including sight and gold bead.