Value of a K 22 Manufacgtured in 1957

[daa9mm]

I've found a K-22 four screw, 6" barrel for sale that is manufactured in 1957. It has the later style target stocks (cut for a speed loader) and is in a conservatively rated 90% condition.
Can someone give me an idea of it's worth?
Thanks!

 

[crsides]

we need pics.

But with what we got, if there's no rust or pitting, the bore and chambers are clean and it locks up ok, $500 -$625.


Charlie

 

[EarlFH]

+1 for crsides.

A 1957 K-22 is a treasure, in good condition. That's when S&W, was really S&W.

EarlFH

 

[wheelgun610]

Especially with non-original grips, I'm not sure I see a "true" 90% gun selling for $500+. Without actually seeing it, I'm thinking no more than $450, maybe less....

Mark

 

[Scary Gary]

I just picked up a 1953 4" K-22 with S/N matching grips with only muzzle wear for $499.00 . Just shot it for the first time yesterday. My 11 year old boy and I voted it the best .22 cal. hand gun I own. I justify it by saying that because It's a .22 it will at some point in time pay for itself. It looks and feels exactly like my boys 1952 S&W Mod. 15 . We Love it.

 

[crsides]

that's a $650 - 700 gun all day long.

 

[daa9mm]

that's a $650 - 700 gun all day long.

From what I'm seeing on auction sites, I believe you are correct.
There is a 1955 5 screw K 38 Target Masterpiece with it that is in about 85% shape. Both do not have the correct grips - they wear the later speed loader cutout target grips. Both are in excellent mechanical shape with the Model 14 having some slight rust speckling on the barrel. But lock up is tight with a super bores and cylinders on both.
I got both of them for $805 out the door.
I think I did OK.

 

[Pilgrim]

I got this very nice K22 #K328XXX from 1957 about a year ago for $350. I feel I stole it.

I got both of them for $805 out the door.

you did VERY well.

 

[boykinlp]

I got this very nice K22 #K328XXX from 1957 about a year ago for $350. I feel I stole it.

The grips are worth more than half of your purchase price. Great deal.

 

[Smithhound]

I was lucky enough to get this one from one of our fellow members in Tullahoma about 3 years ago or so, I paid around $500 if the memory is working right, but was glad to get it, excellent condition, that is glare on the muzzle not wear, came with original magna's but I put on the NR targets for show. Very accurate handgun, popped a few squirrels with it last fall.
RD

 

[DCWilson]

From what I'm seeing on auction sites, I believe you are correct.
There is a 1955 5 screw K 38 Target Masterpiece with it that is in about 85% shape. Both do not have the correct grips - they wear the later speed loader cutout target grips. Both are in excellent mechanical shape with the Model 14 having some slight rust speckling on the barrel. But lock up is tight with a super bores and cylinders on both.
I got both of them for $805 out the door.
I think I did OK.

Even if the K-22 and K-38 have some light surface issues and non-original stocks, the solid actions and clean bores you describe mean that the $805 you paid is -- are you ready? -- a screaming deal.

Congratulations. Excellent double score.

 

[LEO918]

Bought a 1957 k22 4" (4 screw) about a month ago at the AZ Arms show in Tucson for 475. Was very pleased to get a 95% gun at that price.

 

[borntoraisehogs]

If I see such a nice one for 700.00 I will buy it in a second, knowing scarce they are getting, that never, never again will such quality and beauty be available in regular production again.
I need to go where you all are finding these. Darn Idaho people, like me, are so ignorant they bought those things in the 50's and shot them, carried them , cared for them the same as they did their fencing tools , and often just almost used em up.
These safe queens are something from another world. They were owned by people who thought about the future, put them away, then died.
My kind says , screw the future , what has the future ever done for me.

 

[daa9mm]

I shot both of them and they are accurate. I'm not all that high on S&W target grips, I always do better with Pachmayr Grippers.
But the 22 was scarily accurate on both single and double action. I did better with the 17 than I did the Model 14 on double action.
I've got one set of original diamond magna grips coming for the pair and still looking for another set after my bank account recovers.
I'm glad I got this pair of handguns.

 

[sawmillb20]

Hi, I am new to this forum and I am looking for a little info. I bought an old S&W revolver today from a neighbor who was moving out of the country. It is a 22 with 4" barrel, serial# K 135786. It's in pretty good shape and shoots great. It looks pretty old.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how old it is and if I got burned paying $100 for it.
Thanks

 

[DCWilson]

Hi, I am new to this forum and I am looking for a little info. I bought an old S&W revolver today from a neighbor who was moving out of the country. It is a 22 with 4" barrel, serial# K 135786. It's in pretty good shape and shoots great. It looks pretty old.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how old it is and if I got burned paying $100 for it.
Thanks

Sawmill, welcome to the forum. Your gun is a .22 Combat Masterpiece manufactured about 1951. The "combat" doesn't mean that it is a fighting gun but that it has the ramp front sight and four-inch barrel that are characteristic of a revolver designed to clear leather without a delay or snag. S&W made a .38 Combat Masterpiece with those features, and the .22 was offered as a companion gun that could be used for training or as a light field revolver on its own. They are very accurate guns.

Your .22 CM is a fairly early one, as the model was announced in 1950. In good condition, those guns can sell for four or five times what you paid for yours. No, you did not get burned.

Can you post a picture? Don't be afraid to start your own thread. Your gun deserves its own place in the forum, not as an add-on to another thread.