I just might have to buy it !

[tj3006]

Not a good time to be spending money,
  I have surgery coming ( I'm fine) and I am trying to save for a custom built camp trailer, but I went for what passes for a gun show today. 
  Saw a SnW K-frame 22 Pre model 17, 6 inch, 1948 vintage Used but not abused, for 675.00  I have  the money, I might go back tomorrow. But I have not had a custom done in 2 years cause I keep buying guns.
  But this 22 probably shoots supper good, I mean a K frame 22, would be real hard to wear out, It would be a ton of fun, I was half tempted to trade the gun I was carrying, for it. 
  But I am glad I didn't. My 1958 Model 19.  I have my 3 inch 66, that I use for carry, and if I am in the woods I have a couple Ruger .357,s that I can put hotter loads in, but the 4 inch model 19, is just to good to part with.
    I will have to go through the safes, maybe i am forgetting something, I can trade  ...tj
  

[bradshaw]

Jan 21, 2023 17:44:26 GMT -5 tj3006 said:

Not a good time to be spending money,
  I have surgery coming ( I'm fine) and I am trying to save for a custom built camp trailer, but I went for what passes for a gun show today. 
  Saw a SnW K-frame 22 Pre model 17, 6 inch, 1948 vintage Used but not abused, for 675.00  I have  the money, I might go back tomorrow. But I have not had a custom done in 2 years cause I keep buying guns.
  But this 22 probably shoots supper good, I mean a K frame 22, would be real hard to wear out, It would be a ton of fun, I was half tempted to trade the gun I was carrying, for it. 
  But I am glad I didn't. My 1958 Model 19.  I have my 3 inch 66, that I use for carry, and if I am in the woods I have a couple Ruger .357,s that I can put hotter loads in, but the 4 inch model 19, is just to good to part with.
    I will have to go through the safes, maybe i am forgetting something, I can trade  ...tj
  

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You made two right moves: 1) don’t dispose of a vintage M-19, 2) sneak up on a good K-22, a true gold standard.

In college i bought a K-22 from a member of the pistol club, 50 skins plus 5 skins for a steel lined Bill Jordan holster by S.D Myers. For a period, most of my protein came from the K-22. Made my wrestling coach, a former Marine whose trapezius muscles grew out of his earholes, furious that, whatever pistol he brought forth, my Model 17 put it to sleep.

In those days, no one said “Model 17,” or “pre-17.” All of ‘em were K-22’s. Any difference between a “pre-17” K-22 and a Model 17 K-22 will not be determined by a collector; any difference will have to be determined by a sharpshooter. Lee Martin posted my 3-part photo series on my K-22. Somewhere in there is 5x5 shots into 2.6-inches @ 100 yards, witnessed by a fellow IHMSA silhouetter. Fired from a rest with regular .22 Long Rifle----not exotic Biathlon or Olympic fodder. (This is the first time I ever wrote “fodder,” when pigs weren’t the subject. Half a century ago, or longer, some gunwriter called ammo “fodder,” and the appellation spread among writers like a disease.)

Prior to World War II, S&W finished adjustable rear sights to the frame. It was replaced after the war with a drop-in sight with better adjustments and better sight picture.

I have heard that some K-22’s had excessively tight chambers, but I never heard the condition defined. Declarations----which on the internet and in wallet targets often escape scrutiny----require substantiation. The modest .22 Long Rifle continues as the greatest teacher cartridge of all time. Great performances took birth in the .22 Long Rifle.
David Bradshaw

[Encore64]

Two things come to mind here...

1) Buy the K22 and smile all the way home.
2) Keep the 19...

[JM]

I foolishly cut loose of an M-19 many years ago. Still regret that decision.

[tj3006]

I decided if the gun is still there i will buy it tommorow.
Sometimes you can tell a gun is good. You might be wrong , but this one looks like sombody shot it a lot but cared for it.
A K frame 22 ( tell me if i am wrong please) would be imposible to ware out I mean springs and such might fail but the barrel frame and cylinder could take millions of rounds and stll work just fine...tj

[bradshaw]

Jan 21, 2023 23:37:54 GMT -5 tj3006 said:

I decided if the gun is still there i will buy it tommorow.
Sometimes you can tell a gun is good. You might be wrong , but this one looks like sombody shot it a lot but cared for it.
A K frame 22 ( tell me if i am wrong please) would be imposible to ware out I mean springs and such might fail but the barrel frame and cylinder could take millions of rounds and stll work just fine...tj

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The old pocket pool bullseye shooters who shot a revolver for rimfire used a Colt Officer’s Model Match or Smith & Wesson K-22. The auto took over all classes, but two revolvers hung on, the Colt Officer’s Model Match and S&W K-38 ruled the .38 Special category, also. A properly maintained Colt or S&W in beaucoup thousands of rounds may wear a part here and there, but frame, barrel, and cylinder sing long after their master has joined the Feathered Choir.

Frame size
* S&W K-frame----standardized for .38 Special in 1899.

* Colt Officer’s Model Match----tournament grade revolvers built on Colt .41 caliber frame. The Colt Python is an evolution of the .41 frame and lockwork.

K-32
The S&W target trio consisted of K-22, K-32, and K-38.

I’ve worn out the stop (cylinder stop); the consumption to get there is substantial. A good light oil or grease keeps the sixgun happy. Most pit stops are to clean fouling from the chambers, and once in a while from the cylinder barrel & yoke. Removal of the forward lockplate screw allows the yoke (with cylinder) to be pulled off frame. At which point, the cylinder pulls off the yoke.

Once in a while it’s proper to check the ejector rod. Unless the gun in question is very early, the ejector rod has left hand threads. The ejector rod is tightened or loosened via padded plier only, never grip the rod with a steel instrument. Nylon or lead makes good padding for a plier.
David Bradshaw

[tj3006]

Thank you Mr. Bradshaw, I have some thin Rubber matting, that we used to put on the floor of semi trailers, and stand huge rolls of paper on end, so they would grip the floor and not slide , I cut pieces of it for plyers and or my vice. It's worked real well so far.
There was a Beautiful Colt officers match .38 at the local Cabela's. I wanted it, but it was to nice for may wallet, Just the faintest turn ring.
Thanks also for the line about the feathered choir. At one time I could sing real real well. Can still do Bob Dylan ok but 20 years ago I could do Elton John real well. Before my Voice changed I used to sing in the Chorus for the Portland Opera Assn.
Maybe the inevitable will give me my voice back. Thanks, Time to get up and go to the ATM...tj