Hello out there! Yesterday's gun show find. I guess it's I frame .22 Kit gun. Serial # on bottom of grip, back of cylinder & underside of barrel is 19,8XX. Assembly? # on yolk & inside of frame, 73,6XX. Four screw side plate, coil spring, flat latch 4" barrel, blue finish. Perhaps I'm reading impaired but I'm not positive (reading Jinks book) of what I have is called & would like to know when made. THANKS!
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You have a Model of 1953 .22/32 Kit Gun, also known as a pre Model 34. It probably shipped in 1953-55. S&W tracked shipping dates, not production dates and S&Ws were not shipped in order. More like last in the vault, first out the door. Only a letter from the S&W historian, Roy Jinks, can tell you the exact date.
It is built on a Improved I frame, which has the coil mainspring. The I frames had the older flat mainspring.
You have a Model of 1953 .22/32 Kit Gun, also known as a pre Model 34. It probably shipped in 1953-55. S&W tracked shipping dates, not production dates and S&Ws were not shipped in order. More like last in the vault, first out the door. Only a letter from the S&W historian, Roy Jinks, can tell you the exact date.
It is built on a Improved I frame, which has the coil mainspring. The I frames had the older flat mainspring.
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The frame was referred to as the "Improved I Frame". Those are very nice little handguns. Very handy and great shooters.
Well, duh. I was looking right at the SCSW and typed in "modified". I have corrected my post
