The Ultimate K-22/Model 17 Thread

[jtcarm]

I've seen a number of "Ultimate" threads but couldn't find one for the M-17, so let's right this injustice to a deserving revolver.

I'll kick it off with my 17-3. I don't know it's birth date so I may have to post SN later in the thread since I don't have it right now.

 

[bamabiker]

My M17-4

 

[H Richard]

Will a K22 Outdoorsman fit in here?


Or a 17-4


Or maybe a 617-6

 

[jtcarm]

Will a K22 Outdoorsman fit in here?

You betcha, let's show those K-frame .22s some love !

Man I gotta work on my gun photograph skills

 

[GF]

A -2 at the top, a coupla' "pre" model rimfires and a Outdoorsman.

GF

 

[weatherby]

Well it has to have sights I can see and a smooth trigger.
I think this ones a non model marked 4 screw IIRC

 

[410bore]

 

[Rockman]

Don't have photos but I have the following: (1) 6" 4-screw pre 17; (2) 6" 17, (3) 6" 17-2, (4) 6" 17-3, (5) 6" 17-4, (6) 8 3/8 " 17-4.

 

[weatherby]

Don't have photos but I have the following: (1) 6" 4-screw pre 17; (2) 6" 17, (3) 6" 17-2, (4) 6" 17-3, (5) 6" 17-4, (6) 8 3/8 " 17-4.

You hoarder You

Of course they don't exist without the picture

 

[lscocoa]

Good thread! My favorite squirrel getter .

 

[TAROMAN]

OK, I'm in:

 

[lowhog]

I have been working on building the k-22 collection. First picture is a hard to find bright blue pre 17 4 screw. Next in line a pre 17 single line. Third is a pre war O.D. I have been keeping a eye out for a model 18. Mike

 

[bamabiker]

Dang, I almost forgot my M18-2.

 

[boykinlp]

Here are some of mine:



A Shiney One:

 

[Camster]

1948 K22,wearing pre war service grips,engraved in Germany in the 1950's.

 

[TAROMAN]

Looks amazingly similar to a Pre-27!

Here is a Pre-War K-22 Outdoorsman 1st Model (1936):

 

[teesur]

Here is the first S&W I ever bought. I was a 20 year old college student in 1957. It's still with me 57 years later.



And here is the box it came in. "Hey Fred, I got a K-22 coming for shipment, break out the white stamp."


teesur.

 

[smitholdtimer]

GA 1911

Sir, you may need to take another look at the photo you posted. its not what you labeled it as! TAROMAN niled it!

 

[TAROMAN]

Posted this a while back, but time for a 2nd look:

OK, time from a break from all the NIB treasures and safe queens. Want to share a K22 that's worked - hard - from the day it was purchased new in 1952.

A gent in his 80s brought this into the LGS. He was seeking advice as to what he should "do" with it now.

He purchased it (K150xxx) new in 1952. Carried it working traplines in western Oregon for 60 years. It "lived" in this holster for the entire period, stored in it too.

Finish is 1/2 gone, rust and scratches. Even a ring in the barrel. But it worked on, decade after decade. He has no idea of how many animals it dispatched, including more than a few bears, he says.

As for what to "do" with it, I'd say an honored retirement is in order.

 

[jtcarm]

Glad I started this thread, very educational, and humbling. I had never heard of a nickel K22.

Ok, my meager one 17-3 is numbered 6K33xxx.
Can someone give me a year?

Thanks for all the awesome pics.