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Found this online a few months back. Put it on layaway and picked it up last week. Best as I can determine, it was made in 1934. Haven’t pulled the grips, but the dealer said it’s marked as being factory serviced, probably a refinish, in April of 1953. I really like the balance of the non-ribbed barrel. This one probably won’t ever see the woods, but I’m gonna shoot it plenty. Lots of SV, Quiet, and other standard stuff on hand.
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Nice, very nice. Congrats & enjoy it.
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Very nice . Assume it is a K 22 Outdoorsman.
Will be able to shoot many thousands of .22's in that revolver.
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My K22 had those grips when I got it and I found some target grips to put on it to fill my big hands. It made a huge difference to me.
My K22 is definitely my most accurate pistol and has an amazing trigger. I'm pretty sure you won't regret buying that one...
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Congrats Pappy. Gotta love that old school craftsmanship. The goal of the bench hands at S&W and Colt was to create the finest revolvers in the world, guns that had more accuracy potential in them than what humans could employ - and they achieved it. Today's digitally controlled manufacturing is a wonderful thing that produces delightful mechanisms, but there's that "certain something" that is exhibited by the hand fitting/stoning/polishing of 20's-50's stuff that is of a level that's hard to verbalize.
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Read the other day that S&W built those nice ones, including the Registered Magnums, during the depression to keep their skilled workforce busy so they didn’t have to let them go. The Outdoorsman was sold to jobbers for $22-25 bucks during its run, retail was $40, big bucks in the ‘30s. Hell, my father went to work for Ma Bell at 17 in the early ‘40s for $17 a week, until he went in the Army.
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Congrats Pappy. Gotta love that old school craftsmanship. The goal of the bench hands at S&W and Colt was to create the finest revolvers in the world, guns that had more accuracy potential in them than what humans could employ - and they achieved it. Today's digitally controlled manufacturing is a wonderful thing that produces delightful mechanisms, but there's that "certain something" that is exhibited by the hand fitting/stoning/polishing of 20's-50's stuff that is of a level that's hard to verbalize. +1! I have one just like that Pappy from 1931 (not nearly as good of shape as yours) that is amazingly accurate!! That one will remain with me and someone else will have to sell it later😁! You’re going to love it!! PennDog
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gnoahhh, You are so right. The old school craftsmanship cannot be duplicated without them.
I deal with a couple excellent CNC shops ( the Polish guys are the best), their work is excellent, but they do not have to do any hand-fitting with my parts.
The wonderful Winchester rifles , including the take-down models were all built on old line-shaft equipment.
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Sweet old smith Pappy..they are something else!
She never made it past the bedroom door, what was she aiming for...? She's gone shootin..
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Congrats on the finest 22 revolvers ever made. You just can't beat these old Smiths. My K22's, Combat Master Piece and my Outdoorsmen will be with me forever.
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Been thinking about one of the Combat Masterpieces myself. They seem to be a bit easier to come by than 4” Kit Guns. After the smoke clears from this one, we’ll see….
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Been thinking about one of the Combat Masterpieces myself. They seem to be a bit easier to come by than 4” Kit Guns. After the smoke clears from this one, we’ll see….
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Pappy…doooooooo it!!
She never made it past the bedroom door, what was she aiming for...? She's gone shootin..
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I have both the combat masterpiece and a Kit gun. For me the CM is easier to shoot accurately, It's bigger and fits in my hand better. However there is no reason not to have both.
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I have both the combat masterpiece and a Kit gun. For me the CM is easier to shoot accurately, It's bigger and fits in my hand better. However there is no reason not to have both. I’ll pass that sentiment on to the War Department😜 Actually, she encourages me to do what I like, so I don’t hide my purchases from her, unless you count that lower I brought in yesterday while she was napping…. Have to say she was impressed with the K22, especially the age. Anything older than me is a real antique to her. Being Chinese, she’s still trying to grasp our firearms freedoms and culture, but she definitely likes that fact that we’re well-armed.
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In the vein of pre-war craftsmanship in target revolvers, my focus is on Colt stuff. Read the literature of the era, American Rifleman, books, etc. and you'll come away with the feeling that Colt ruled the roost with their Officer's Models. Certainly debatable, as it has been for 80 years, but the public record doesn't lie. My 1935 .22 Officer's Model, lettered as being sold to a Captain Frank, Quincy, CA, which I took delivery of a couple weeks ago: Joined its stablemates .32 and .38:
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No danger of me changing the public record, regardless of what I’m shooting!
Those are really nice…
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