K-22

[22hipower]

Yes it matters if the gun is to be considered collectable. It is not factory original or factory correct and collectors like me would discount at least what a set of proper stocks would cost, which is getting more and more expensive, well over $200 for a nice set. Having period correct stocks on a gun is always a good thing when it comes time to sell.

I don't disagree, on a high end collectible gun but does that one without box, papers, and with blue loss look like a high end collectible to you? Some would probably object to putting football cut out targets on it too, as the one above has, arguing they're "too late" for a 1952 gun but I wouldn't find that objectionable at all either. Of course for some only THE original grips will do, but I'm not that picky on a very nice gun meant to spend some time on the range or in a holster as that one clearly has.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[alwslate]

Several years ago I lucked into a new in the gold box 1952 K22 with perfect dark walnut diamond target stocks on consignment in my favorite gun shop. Just the gun in the box, nothing else. Took it straight home and fired it in my back yard of my rural property. Promptly sold the stocks on here to another member and bought a pair of smooth Goncalo Magnas from another member. Much prefer the look and feel of Magnas on the K frames and N frames also. I am not a "collector" so my guns don't have to be "correct" to suit me