Just snapped one up, and I've dated it to 1955 using the SCSW (K2519xx). No box, so I'm hunting for one... What should I be looking for... TIA.
What kind of box for K-22 from 1955?
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Just snapped one up, and I've dated it to 1955 using the SCSW (K2519xx). No box, so I'm hunting for one... What should I be looking for... TIA.
beach elvis
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That was a good one, bdGreen. Vicious but funny.
My '58 has a blue 2-piece box w/ the blue metal corners in case the info's useful. Good luck in your search.
My '58 has a blue 2-piece box w/ the blue metal corners in case the info's useful. Good luck in your search.
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Funnnyyyyyyy... very funnyyyy.....
Joe W
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I would guess a Gold Picture Box but if I am wrong I am sure others will let us know the correct box pretty quick.
Gold, or it could also be a blue box with K22 Masterpiece (but no model designation) printed on the end.
Here's a K-38 Pre-Model blue box.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Smith-Wesson-K-38-Masterpiece-Pre-B...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Here's a K-38 Pre-Model blue box.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Smith-Wesson-K-38-Masterpiece-Pre-B...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Lone_Wolfe
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I just bought a K22 born in 1852 and the box it's in is called a GUN SAFE.
J/K I really don'y know what box it came in as mine has none
J/K I really don'y know what box it came in as mine has none
Joe W
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As I understand it, S&W did not throw anything away. If they had Gold boxes available they would be used. As far as S&W was concerned, a box was a box. They did not switch to the blue box on a specific date and I am sure the use of the Gold and Blue boxes overlaped during the mid 1950s. For your gun either the gold box or the blue box with the solid silver line around the edge would be correct. You do not want the blue box with the dotted silver line and the words "Bangor Punta",as these were not used until mid 60s. You might want to letter the gun and see when it was shipped. While the SCSW indicates your gun was manufactured about 1955 it may have shipped much later. Smith17s K 295xxx was manufactured about 1957 and could have been shipped later. If you do letter your gun and find it was shipped in 1955, there is a better chance it was shipped in a Gold Box.
Here's one from K2444xx:
Same gun & box, along with a few others:
Looks like yours should be a "black box" as well, but as said earlier, S&W never threw anything away, so it could also have been a gold box.
Same gun & box, along with a few others:
Looks like yours should be a "black box" as well, but as said earlier, S&W never threw anything away, so it could also have been a gold box.
OP
Wow, S2, that is one beautiful group! Thanks for the tips, all. Only one candidate that's close from me right now on flea-bay, a gold box, but with conflicting info as to barrel length and going over $71 right now. I hate that folks don't keep their original boxes!
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