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[RdrBill]

All.

Bill@Yuma

 

[LEO918]

The label on the bottom is not S&W. Probably a store inventory sticker.

 

[SuperMan]

Nice....

I have a 1951 just like it. Was a friend's uncle's gun that has Target grips and came with a nice Heiser holster...no box though.

Bob

 

[Walter Rego]

That's a beautiful example and the box is probably worth an extra $100 these days. I would have been on that like a fatty on a sheet cake if I had seen it for sale here in CA.

 

[JP@AK]

The end label is correct. The sticker on the bottom is not S&W's doing.

That is a very nice CM with its original box. Great deal, in my opinion.

 

[19leben]

The label on bottom of box could not have been printed in the fifties. It was printed on a thermal printer, probably within the last 5 years or so.
Thermal printing technology did not exist in the fifties.

Beautiful K22 Combat Masterpiece! I would love to own one like yours.

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[Shark Bait]

Well done sir. Pawn shops can be gold mines.

 

[Engine49guy]

Very nice K-22 Combat Masterpiece,
Your serial lands within the brief period S&W used steel medallions in their Magna stocks instead of the usual nickel coated brass.....

Try putting a magnet to them and if it sticks you got another bonus

 

[Speedo2]

Very nice K-22 Combat Masterpiece,
Your serial lands within the brief period S&W used steel medallions in their Magna stocks instead of the usual nickel coated brass.....

Try putting a magnet to them and if it sticks you got another bonus

I'd bet that they are plastic medallions.

 

[19leben]

I'd bet that they are plastic medallions.

I think that S&W was already using Vibranium by then, that gets my vote on the medallions.

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[Dewy12]

Wow. Really nice. I've got one from 1952 but it looks nothing like yours and I paid more. Good for you!

 

[LEO918]

I have a Combat Masterpiece serial number K 146880, that dates to earlier in 1952 and has the steel Medallions.
The Medallions in the OPs gun look like the grey plastic that are seen in this time period, an interesting bonus.

 

[Randy]

Nice find! The Nox-Rust wax paper alone is worth in the $50 range on ebay.

Randy

 

[RKmesa]

...I am starting to really like the proud pins in the front sight, I have a couple others this way.

Bill@Yuma

Bill:

That there is a real beauty. I too love the proud pins, unfortunately, my only proud pin K-22 Combat Masterpiece is all scratched up with some funky milky grips...

 

[PeterDE]

Nice. Looks just like mine from the same period, ser# K 1266** Even the medallions look the same. Wish I had the box.