I ran across a S&W K22 Outdoorsman 1st Model today and bought it.
Everything that should matches.
They were made between 1931-40 but so far I can only pin it down to being made around 1937.
The T-Grip and holster came with it.
By 1927, Smith & Wesson started getting requests for a .22-caliber, target-style K-frame revolver with the same handling characteristics of the .38. Market researchers discovered a significant demand for a revolver of this type, so the company began development. Production commenced in 1930—just as the Depression began to take hold, which seems like a counter intuitive time to bring out a high-quality handgun at a premium price.
The marketing guys at Smith & Wesson christened the new revolver the K-22 Outdoorsman in 1931, and the moniker stuck. Collectors now refer to it as the K-22 First Model, and knowledgeable shooters with enough money beat a trail toward the K-22, along with military and police training programs.
Original specs called for a six-shot, K-frame revolver with a 6-inch round barrel, Circassian walnut grips and a Smith & Wesson medallion. Single-action trigger pulls were regulated to be within 3 to 4 pounds. The 35-ounce revolver was guaranteed to shoot within 1 1/2 inches at 50 yards. It was—and remains—one of the classiest revolvers to ever be produced. The last of 17,117 K-22 First Models left the factory on Dec. 28, 1939. -NRA
Everything that should matches.
They were made between 1931-40 but so far I can only pin it down to being made around 1937.
The T-Grip and holster came with it.
By 1927, Smith & Wesson started getting requests for a .22-caliber, target-style K-frame revolver with the same handling characteristics of the .38. Market researchers discovered a significant demand for a revolver of this type, so the company began development. Production commenced in 1930—just as the Depression began to take hold, which seems like a counter intuitive time to bring out a high-quality handgun at a premium price.
The marketing guys at Smith & Wesson christened the new revolver the K-22 Outdoorsman in 1931, and the moniker stuck. Collectors now refer to it as the K-22 First Model, and knowledgeable shooters with enough money beat a trail toward the K-22, along with military and police training programs.
Original specs called for a six-shot, K-frame revolver with a 6-inch round barrel, Circassian walnut grips and a Smith & Wesson medallion. Single-action trigger pulls were regulated to be within 3 to 4 pounds. The 35-ounce revolver was guaranteed to shoot within 1 1/2 inches at 50 yards. It was—and remains—one of the classiest revolvers to ever be produced. The last of 17,117 K-22 First Models left the factory on Dec. 28, 1939. -NRA
