Woo Hoo! Finished a Vintage Pistol Set Today

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doc540

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1953 S&W K-22 Masterpiece

Well, apart from the Nox-Rust paper, and with a lot of help and advice from the S&W Forum members, I completed the set today!
Pistol, box, Helpful Hints brochure, sight adjustment tool, and cleaning tools.

It's a shooter and not a museum piece, but it's all there finally.

What a great hobby!

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Very nice. Attractive presentation... gives me the warm-Irish Setter-by-the-fire-&-a-single-malt-scotch-fuzzies.

Now, where's my 1954 Herters catalog at? ;)

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Yessir, they did but the shafts and fittings were all brass.

Aluminum cleaning rod handles after WWII.
 
When you said a set, and then I saw a K-22, I wondered if you meant....
The K series set, K-22, K-32 and K-38. I'm short the K-32, as most people are.

Very nice gun. In case you don't know, that screw driver sells for $100.

Reminds me of one of my favorites...

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ohhh....nice box!
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Sorry you didn't like my gun :p Be happy you have "a" box. Yours really isn't bad to my eye. These gold boxes are sought after.

I think K-22s are the finest 22 revolver made (esp domestic). The only other gun to me is the Colt OM and later OMM. Those are great too.
 
just messin' with ya! :)

First thing I noticed was the gorgeous case hardening on that hammer and trigger!

And ya just gotta LOVE a little holster wear on a muzzle.

It's just so right!
 
shhhhhh, don't tell anyone......mine has just as much muzzle wear (and more on the cylinder!), but a little touch of Van's cold blue is like light makeup. ;)

the cylinder lock wasn't machined smoothly, but that got FIXED!

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thanks!

we're gradually getting there

a little more "correct" for 1953
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Now that you got the base ford mustang, time to look for the boss, mach 1, shelby, GT, etc :p

There are a lot of S&W 22s to collect, (not even mentioning the 22 mags)

22/32 bekeart, 22/32 kit gun (pre war, post war pre model, model 34, 43), kit gun target aka model 35, K-22 outdoorsman, k-22/40 (scarce), k22 post war transitional (scarce), k-22 4 screw pre model number, k22 4 screw model 17 no dash, k22 5 screw model 17 (scarce), 17-2 8 3/8. Then a S&W model 46...and on and on....You got a good start...just keep goin!
 
thanks!

I need a correct bore brush and a sheet of the correct Nox-Rust paper. :)

Early Nox-Rust paper is a like a '69 Boss 429. :eek:
 
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When you said a set, and then I saw a K-22, I wondered if you meant....
The K series set, K-22, K-32 and K-38. I'm short the K-32, as most people are
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Hello Winchester73
The K-Frame Master Piece Trio is sought after by Many but seldom completed. That said, I completed mine a couple of years ago. All of mine are Pre-Model stamped Five screw variation revolvers. Here is the Masterpiece Trio I spoke of...and they are all within Five years of each other as far as shipping dates go. Hammer It








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Hammer It,

Nice guns, as usual. Haven't seen you around these parts for a long time. Last I heard a guy shot you at a card game in Dodge, but I knew you were never the cheatin' type. ;)

On top of this post war K frame set (I remember you posting it originally) you actually are one of the very few people to have the pre war K frame target set, although I never saw you post a pre war M&P 38 target. Might as well post that trio too, if you got them all. I know you have a sweet K-22 outdoorsman. Most of us rarely see a K-32 1st model aka pre war K-32 hand ejector. What a special S&W to have...
 
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Just last week a friend of mine walked into a little hole in the wall gunshop in Southern Virginia and came across a VERY nice condition 1962 Model 16.

For $529.

I just about cried.
 
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