Was wondering if anyone has production numbers of how many K22 Masterpiece's were done in nickel? I found a post about 17-3's and that they are around 15 made... This does have a "N" in at least 2 spots..
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I'm sitting in the tub reading this on my iPad (try to get THAT image out of your brain!) so I don't have any literature with me, but I do recall several assertions that ANY nickeled Masterpiece is at least unusual if not downright rare. Shiny surfaces and target shooting are generally not a happy pairing, so very few nickeled target guns were produced. I'm not sure how much of a premium it will bring if sold, but you're sure to be the only kid on you block with a nickel K-22! Congrats! 
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A letter of authenticity from the SWHF would need to confirm it as a factory nickel gun. You didn't show the N stampings but one on the lower left side of the grip frame would suggest it is original. A rare gun if so.
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Purty indeed.
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few more pics. sorry for quality
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I'll be sending for letter in couple days. I did add one pic of one of the N's
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I was hoping someone had #'s on the pre 17 k22's in nickel. I think this is legit.... but need to verify with a letter
Serious bling! Love it!
I'd be interested to hear how it letters too.
I'd be interested to hear how it letters too.
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I cannot see the hammer very well, but it catches my eye. The grips are almost positively wrong with the diamond. Almost looks like an old four screw to me.
It is a five screw gun. You can clearly see the fourth screw in the last picture, and the top sideplate screw in the second photo of the first post. Moreover, you can see that it has right hand threads on the extractor rod. This revolver dates to sometime prior to the middle of 1956.
Why would diamond stocks be incorrect? The only question would be whether the gun left the factory before 1953. In that case the stock are incorrect, but not because of the diamond.
It would be nice to know the serial number on this K-22 Masterpiece.
I also just noticed the jig hole. That puts it sometime in the 1947 to 1955 range, IIRC.
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Would you share the serial number with us?
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Would you share the serial number with us?
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K231*** I also have a blued K22 that's within 67 sn#'s from the nickel. Both bought at same store, different customers that brought them in. Standard Catalog has both as 1955. Both sets of grips sn'd to the guns.
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ok, what is the jighole?? At this time I'd rather not give out the sn# on the nickel unless absolutely necessary, suffice to say between 231300 and 231500. Until I really know from getting a letter it is in that range...
You can see it in this picture. It is the hole in the bottom of the grip frame, beside the stock locator pin.
These appeared for a while after WWII.
Yes, most likely a 1955 shipped gun.
Added: the stocks you showed previously are probably original - at the very least, they are period correct. Did you check to see if the number on the inside of the right panel matches the one on the gun?
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Ooops. Sorry. Missed this the first time.
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Please let us know what the letter states? If original, it will likely letter as a single gun special order, as suggested by the N stamp.
Also (surprised no one mentioned it yet), there is no K-22 "Target" Masterpiece. They all had Target sights and some with the wide hammer and trigger were labeled "Target" on the box, but it was not a name generally used by the factory.
Also (surprised no one mentioned it yet), there is no K-22 "Target" Masterpiece. They all had Target sights and some with the wide hammer and trigger were labeled "Target" on the box, but it was not a name generally used by the factory.
Good, Alan. I decided not to mention it since it has been brought up soooo many times. Sadly, the SCSW perpetuated the false name for a long time. There was an attempt to excise this from the 4th Edition. It wasn't entirely successful, but progress was made.
For those who don't know, the .22 K frame target revolver with a 6" barrel was called the K-22 Masterpiece from 1946 until 1958. Then it became the Model 17 K-22 Masterpiece. "Target" was never part of its name, as Alan has indicated.
The same applies to the K-38, except that in 1958, it became the Model 14 K-38 Masterpiece.
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My apologies, I did not know that. Am I correct with my pre 18 being a K22 Combat?
