Please help identify my sight adjustment tool
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opoefc
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When you say "...I don't see any listings ..." Where are you looking? There are several variations of the nickel knurled handle SATs with blued blades. They were supplied with guns from 1956 to date. Yours looks like the 1956-1960 version. I believe there's a link on this Forum to a list, with photos, of all S&W SATs. Ed.
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Norsk_jaeger
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Thank you!
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Norsk_jaeger
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I googled, and discovered the knurled nickel handle with blued blade is from the 40s. I could not find that particular one in my 2nd or 3rd edition Smith & Wesson guides
rburg
Member
We've discussed this in the past up in the older revolvers section. In 1940 S&W produced the K22 2nd model with the modern micro click sight. From what we can figure out, those guns came with the knurled nickel handle. Then after the end of WWII the first guns out with adjustable sights were again the K22 Masterpiece. This time the postwar model. Those too seem to have started out with the same nickle plated sight adjusting tool. Some time in the late 1940s S&W began supplying the identical item except with a blue or "black oxide" coating on the handle. Those continued until the mid 1950s when a very similar item was produced with aluminum knurled handle. Those are easy to tell.
If the OP here has a nickel plated one, its probably worth between $75 and $100. Less if used and the tip scratched.
You can find all this information in Supica and Naha's excellent book, The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. Its the bible on such things. Many of our posters here have contributed to it in the earlier editions. Rumor has it there's another, the 4th edition being discussed. Buy the 3rd now, but then consider the new one in a year or two if it becomes a reality.
If the OP here has a nickel plated one, its probably worth between $75 and $100. Less if used and the tip scratched.
You can find all this information in Supica and Naha's excellent book, The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. Its the bible on such things. Many of our posters here have contributed to it in the earlier editions. Rumor has it there's another, the 4th edition being discussed. Buy the 3rd now, but then consider the new one in a year or two if it becomes a reality.
Aussie Collector
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I was researching screwdrivers the other night and happened across this thread. The best info I have seen in one location, because as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/blogs/...ustment-tool-identification-screwdrivers.html
Cheers
http://smith-wessonforum.com/blogs/...ustment-tool-identification-screwdrivers.html
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