K22 info/help
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Not very hard, diamond magnas from the period show up regularly on eBay and elsewhere; $50-$100 depending on condition and how many folks happen to want them.
Jeff
SWCA #1457
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Also the barrel and cyl were #ed to gun...would the star be #ed?....
of course the grips arent.
Also the front sight was a brass bead....thinking this was ordered this way?
Target trigger and hammer I think...
I am stopping my the LGS later today will take some pics
thanks again
Al
of course the grips arent.
Also the front sight was a brass bead....thinking this was ordered this way?
Target trigger and hammer I think...
I am stopping my the LGS later today will take some pics
thanks again
Al
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You should probably invest in getting it lettered to find how it left the factory if you want to restore it to as-shipped condition.
(You should probably invest in getting it lettered to find how it left the factory if you want to restore it to as-shipped condition)
may just do that....wondering if it originally could have had bigger target stocks....which is why they were changed?...
did they even offer big stocks in place of the smaller magnas?
took another look at this....i was off a bit on sn its K106154
here are some pics and of frt sight
thanks al
may just do that....wondering if it originally could have had bigger target stocks....which is why they were changed?...
did they even offer big stocks in place of the smaller magnas?
took another look at this....i was off a bit on sn its K106154
here are some pics and of frt sight
thanks al
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Nice K22. The stocks have been replaced with post 1968 types. I do like the gold bead front sight.
That trigger isn't original to the gun. It would have had a serrated trigger. Otherwise, a pretty decent looking 70+ year old gun.
Mark
Mark
You should be fondling your new purchase by now!!
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Here's some info on the bead sights that were available in the day.
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You should especially be fondling the front sight----which at least appears to be a McGivern Bead---arguably the very best of any and all of the bead sights-----and seldom seen---at least by these old eyes of a sight junkie.
It's the best, if indeed I've called it correctly-----a semi-spherical gold bead. It's that shape which reflects light from any of the 180 degrees behind the shooter---sheer genius!
Ralph Tremaine
I see Spajohn was quicker on the draw while I was huntin' and peckin'------and with pictures and descriptions yet!
It's the best, if indeed I've called it correctly-----a semi-spherical gold bead. It's that shape which reflects light from any of the 180 degrees behind the shooter---sheer genius!
Ralph Tremaine
I see Spajohn was quicker on the draw while I was huntin' and peckin'------and with pictures and descriptions yet!
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Pic her up....star is numbered to gun...
also here is a pic of a 3 digit "repair/rebuild date"? on grip
178 so I assume Jan 1978....Thinking this may have been when the trigger was changed....and possibly a reblue?...makes all the more reason to have lettered?
love the history
al
also here is a pic of a 3 digit "repair/rebuild date"? on grip
178 so I assume Jan 1978....Thinking this may have been when the trigger was changed....and possibly a reblue?...makes all the more reason to have lettered?
love the history
al
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The "R-S" indicates a standard blue refinish that likely coincides with the service date.
This was my dad’s K22, shipped October 24, 1950. No bead, too bad, but everything else original. Yours probably came along not too long after. I never touched any adjustments and it’s still dead on if I do my part.
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You actually did pretty good at $550. Regarding the grips, perhaps leave it alone, and my gut says the original grips were likely worn or damaged at the time of the factory service in the 1970’s and replaced with what would have been the current style at that time? So unchanged since factory service do to speak. As a refinished gun it doesn’t have nearly the value an original with matching grips would ( which would of cost you somewhere between double and triple what you paid typically) though the fact it is a factory refinish is less damaging to the value than a refinish done outside the factory.
Go shoot and enjoy it !
Go shoot and enjoy it !
IMO, that is a great price on a 70 year old shooter. Anything above that grade is a plus.
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You have a very nice K22. For $550 I would have grabbed it myself. I have no problem at all with factory refinish from that era. The gun is priced well below one with an original finish. I have one made in 1950 with the original Smokey gray finish that the early 50s guns originally had. It also has the original numbered to gun magnas. It shoots great and is the centerpiece of my K target collection.
While not original your gun has a beautiful factory applied refinish that actually is blue and not black oxide like what they offer today.
I would say that for stocks you can either try to find a set of diamond magnas in this sn range or go with target stocks. My father bought a new K-22 in March of 1952 and the first thing that he did was put on a set of S&W Target stocks with the center diamond and no relief cut on the left panel. The stocks went with the gun when he sold it. I still remember how nice that handled with those stocks. I am not sure what an early pair of walnut K targets goes for now but they would look great on that gun.
A newer pair of rosewood or Goncalo Alves targets would also look great. This is a beautiful K-22 that you can enjoy shooting. I also have a .22 Combat Masterpiece and another K-22, both from the early 70s. They are great guns.
Good luck with yours.
Thanks for the help....I did buy but it but wont be able to go back and pick it up for acouple weeks....thinking without org grips I paid up for it at 550 otd...but I still like it...
al
You have a very nice K22. For $550 I would have grabbed it myself. I have no problem at all with factory refinish from that era. The gun is priced well below one with an original finish. I have one made in 1950 with the original Smokey gray finish that the early 50s guns originally had. It also has the original numbered to gun magnas. It shoots great and is the centerpiece of my K target collection.
While not original your gun has a beautiful factory applied refinish that actually is blue and not black oxide like what they offer today.
I would say that for stocks you can either try to find a set of diamond magnas in this sn range or go with target stocks. My father bought a new K-22 in March of 1952 and the first thing that he did was put on a set of S&W Target stocks with the center diamond and no relief cut on the left panel. The stocks went with the gun when he sold it. I still remember how nice that handled with those stocks. I am not sure what an early pair of walnut K targets goes for now but they would look great on that gun.
A newer pair of rosewood or Goncalo Alves targets would also look great. This is a beautiful K-22 that you can enjoy shooting. I also have a .22 Combat Masterpiece and another K-22, both from the early 70s. They are great guns.
Good luck with yours.
I have a 1947 K22 - lower serial than that one. I would have grabbed it in a hot second.
Thanks for all the help/input....since the grips that are on it now dont fit very well, thinking I will try and find a period set that hopefully fit better
And will check on lettering it to find out about the trigger
love the history
Al
And will check on lettering it to find out about the trigger
love the history
Al
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