Model 18 - 1959
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That looks like it is in awesome shape.
That looks like a beauty. Looks great enough to be a safe queen or it can be tons of fun to shhot. Plinkiing, targets, cottontail hunting, K22s are great. I have a model 18-3 that I have put a lot of rounds through and just picked up a pre 18 AKA combat masterpiece K22
That is amazing! Would not take me long to decide. But, I'm a sucker for S&W .22's
Very nice, unless it is unreasonably priced, I would buy it. Good luck.
Jeff
SWCA #1457
Jeff
SWCA #1457
Yummy, yum, yum!
jsfricks
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Looks like it has just enough wear to be a collector that you can shoot some. Depending on price I'd get it.
rog8732
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I can't see the front of the trigger guard, but 18 no dash would still be a "4 screw" ?
Lee's Landing Billy
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Here one in that shape would bring close to $K. If it has all the "stuff" even more.
What's to think about,if the price is even remotely reasonable? That's as sweet as mom's apple pie.
With my old man downsizing,, I chose my Model 17 as the last example of a revolver that I own, but my Model 18 would have an equally good choice.
With my old man downsizing,, I chose my Model 17 as the last example of a revolver that I own, but my Model 18 would have an equally good choice.
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Targets Guy
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That is a no brainer. Add as soon as possible. Beautiful!
This one is a 4 screw...
Boy oh boy, where has that one been hiding? 1959 was a good year, that's when I graduated from High School and enlisted in the USAF.
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Just a little bit about pricing on those guns from a Canuck perspective. I have no idea what year my gun was made because in those pre internet days nobody cared. I do know I bought it used about 1977.
It came with a Bianchi break front holster and the owner was asking 135 dollars for it. He was wanting to buy a centre fire gun and could not afford both. We did things a bit differently in those days and since I was feeling pretty flush at the time I gave him 150 bucks for it.
The gun shot great but was not problem free. Today I would have simply googled the issues and come up with a quick solution. First of all there was a spot about halfway down the barrel that would always show some lead residue, not a big deal. Secondly when shooting long rifles they were very sticky and required a very solid rap on the ejector rod. Living in Canada where handguns are not used for hunting I simply shot Shorts with it. Remington Target shorts were easy to come by and shot well for me at our usual 20 yard target distance.
Sadly I eventually decided that, because I was a gypsy and moved a lot, the hassle of updating paperwork to comply with the law when moving was no longer worth it. I advertised the gun for sale at 275CAD in the mid 80's (minus the holster) and it sold almost immediately (the fact it had TT/TH did not hurt that price).
At age 65 I am in the process of getting back into shooting handguns and there is not a day that goes by I do not wish I had that gun back. I can virtually guarantee that if you buy that gun you will never regret it and that if you do not buy it you will.
It came with a Bianchi break front holster and the owner was asking 135 dollars for it. He was wanting to buy a centre fire gun and could not afford both. We did things a bit differently in those days and since I was feeling pretty flush at the time I gave him 150 bucks for it.
The gun shot great but was not problem free. Today I would have simply googled the issues and come up with a quick solution. First of all there was a spot about halfway down the barrel that would always show some lead residue, not a big deal. Secondly when shooting long rifles they were very sticky and required a very solid rap on the ejector rod. Living in Canada where handguns are not used for hunting I simply shot Shorts with it. Remington Target shorts were easy to come by and shot well for me at our usual 20 yard target distance.
Sadly I eventually decided that, because I was a gypsy and moved a lot, the hassle of updating paperwork to comply with the law when moving was no longer worth it. I advertised the gun for sale at 275CAD in the mid 80's (minus the holster) and it sold almost immediately (the fact it had TT/TH did not hurt that price).
At age 65 I am in the process of getting back into shooting handguns and there is not a day that goes by I do not wish I had that gun back. I can virtually guarantee that if you buy that gun you will never regret it and that if you do not buy it you will.
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In the 70s at our Calif gun shows we would almost always find K22s or pre 18 CM for $200. That was the price for any K22s 5 screws, 4 screws, we didn't care. They were just sweet pistols to shoot. Commercial Government Models were also in that $200-220 spot. Nice 60s were around. We never even picked up GI 45s for any price unless USS or Singer. Most of us had been to Vietnam and they were uninteresting clunkers to us. Funny, 22 Kit guns especially 2" ones were expensive as were Pythons. Garands were $500+ if you could find one.
