What exactly is this?

[Swdummy]

Is this a model of 1950 or k22/pre 17?

 

[hsguy]

That is a K22 pre-17 also known as a Target Masterpiece. Very good looking gun.

 

[hivel37]

Looks like a pre-14 since it has a pin on the hammer.
Or maybe not...

 

[hkcavalier]

Well, I'm pretty sure it's either a K-32 or K-38, almost certainly the latter.

 

[rct269]

The height of the front sight suggests it most assuredly is not a K-22---more likely a K-38. On the other hand, if it says something like .22 Long Rifle Ctg on the right hand side of the barrel, then it sure enough is a K-22----with the wrong front sight installed. Another sure thing is it's not a Model of 1950 anything----they're larger, pretty much every place they have a place.

Ralph Tremaine

And hivel 37 gets the Eagle Eye award for this thread---or if not that, then an "attaboy" for paying attention----up until Mr. Green came along, that is.

 

[bdGreen]

NOT a K22.

K32 or K38, maybe.

But it's
Not a K22


No visible pin for the .22 firing pin.

bdGreen

 

[murphydog]

If it is your gun, or you have access to it, letting us know the caliber stamp on the right barrel would be nice.

Just by production numbers, it is more likely a K-38 than a K-32 Masterpiece, made sometime in 1948. And if the knurled end of the extractor rod is larger than the rest of the part (along with a corresponding notch in the barrel bottom - hard to see in the photo) it is a fairly rare variation that was only made for a short time.

 

[Swdummy]

38 special. K38 it is. In my op I meant 1905 instead of 1950. Thank you all

 

[Wiregrassguy]

Welcome to the forums from the Wiregrass! Well, that wouldn't be a Model 1905 in any case although that model is its ancestor as it is for all the M&P-like K frame revolvers. The Masterpiece series of target revolvers was an entirely new model separate from the M&P. They were uniquely crafted for target shooting and are the epitome of that genre. If you own the K-38 you pictured, congratulations!

 

[iskra]

Good looking Smith K Frame there!
My guess, edition as paralleling my pix below. Between .32 & .38... Going with the odds! Also perhaps with odds... That front sight as non-original or... "Rare Factory Variation" snake gun for dispatching targets less than a meter distance!
Best & Stay Safe!
John