Early 1930s S&W K-22 Outdoorsman .22 Revolver

[1srelluc]

I picked this K-22 Outdoorsman 1st model up this morning.

It's an early 1930s example I guess. Matching serials. I'd say 1931-32.

Early production....Silver insert "dot" on the face of the front sight blade.

It's nice and tight but the Diamond Magna stocks/Tyler T-Grip adaptor are improper for the year.

I gave $400.00 for it.

 

[Oddball]

 

[White 6]

I picked this K-22 Outdoorsman 1st model up this morning.

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It's an early 1930s example I guess. Matching serials. I'd say 1931-32.

Early production....Silver insert "dot" on the face of the front sight blade.

It's nice and tight but the Diamond Magna stocks/Tyler T-Grip adaptor are improper for the year.

I gave $400.00 for it.

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Nice if liking the .38 look. I prefer the western look of the High Standard Double 9.

 

[1srelluc]

Nice if liking the .38 look. I prefer the western look of the High Standard Double 9.
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I've had several of those over the years but I keep selling/trading them.

I have a HS Hombre buried in the gunlocker someplace....First .22 revolver I ever owned.

Like this one:

They did away with the fake pusher on the side and shortened the barrel. Otherwise, it's a double-nine.

I've been looking for a "Posse" for years.....Pretty much the same gun, but with an even shorter barrel/solid cylinder and brass toned TG.

 

[JGalt]

I picked this K-22 Outdoorsman 1st model up this morning.

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It's an early 1930s example I guess. Matching serials. I'd say 1931-32.

Early production....Silver insert "dot" on the face of the front sight blade.

It's nice and tight but the Diamond Magna stocks/Tyler T-Grip adaptor are improper for the year.

I gave $400.00 for it.

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Last time I saw a S&W K-22 was at a garage sale 6 years ago. The old man was a coon hunter who didn't hunt any more. I couldn't get him to come down on his asking price of $150. I didn't have that much on me.

 

[1srelluc]

Last time I saw a S&W K-22 was at a garage sale 6 years ago. The old man was a coon hunter who didn't hunt any more. I couldn't get him to come down on his asking price of $150. I didn't have that much on me.

That's the reason I always carried at least 1K on me when I frequented yard sales as a side-gig.

I've seen times where I spent every damn cent of it too on guns and militaria.

One sale, not 500 yards from my home, netted me a Semi-Kreig K98, two Luftwaffe swords, three Nazi daggers (1 SS, 1 SA, 1 Red Cross), an excellent M42 single-decal Wehrmacht helmet, and some Nazi field gear/badges. I sold everything except the K98, I still have it.

LOL.....I had to wait and go to the bank after that one as I hit it early because it was so close.

 

[JGalt]

That's the reason I always carried at least 1K on me when I frequented yard sales as a side-gig.

I've seen times where I spent every damn cent of it too on guns and militaria.

One sale, not 500 yards from my home, netted me a Semi-Kreig K98, two Luftwaffe swords, three Nazi daggers (1 SS, 1 SA, 1 Red Cross), an excellent M42 single-decal Wehrmacht helmet, and some Nazi field gear/badges. I sold everything except the K98, I still have it.

LOL.....I had to wait and go to the bank after that one as I hit it early because it was so close.

Guess I'll go be poor somewhere else.

 

[1srelluc]

Guess I'll go be poor somewhere else.

Back during those times (before eBay) I filled-up an 8' PU bed every Saturday, maybe half that on Friday and sold most of it on Sunday.....It was assholes and elbows getting stuff cleaned-up/priced to sell.

I would take vacation in the community YS weekends during May and October.

It got so I would call dependable militaria buyers and they would come to the house!

I paid for my building lot and near half the cost of the construction of my home with YS side-gig proceeds. Did the same on my river property.

Sigh, now you are lucky to fill a paste board box with anything worth a shit.

 

[JGalt]

Back during those times (before eBay) I filled-up an 8' PU bed every Saturday, maybe half that on Friday and sold most of it on Sunday.....It was assholes and elbows getting stuff cleaned-up/priced to sell.

I would take vacation in the community YS weekends during May and October.

It got so I would call dependable militaria buyers and they would come to the house!

I paid for my building lot and near half the cost of the construction of my home with YS side-gig proceeds. Did the same on my river property.

Sigh, now you are lucky to fill a paste board box with anything worth a shit.

Tell me about it. I went from hitting pawn shops in the 80's, to flea markets, then garage and estate sales. Ebay was booming in the late 90's and rely 2000's and a feller could make pretty good money. But people started finding out what stuff is worth and the good stuff got harder to find. There's still a lot of good stuff out there at garage sales, but you have to ask. Most people don't put the good things on the table. If they do, the price is always high. When I was spending Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays hitting garage sales, I'd always ask if they had any guns, broken guns, gun parts, military stuff, musical instruments and shit. I was shocked at some of the things they'd bring out. Most of the time they didn't have a clue what stuff was worth, and you could lowball them pretty easy.

 

[1srelluc]

Well shit.....I'll be damned if I didn't discover another K-22 Outdoorsman I thought I got shed of!

 

[JGalt]

Well shit.....I'll be damned if I didn't discover another K-22 Outdoorsman I thought I got shed of!

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They're replicating!

Keep them separated or else you're gonna have a whole family of those little fuckers..

 

[1srelluc]

They're replicating!

Keep them separated or else you're gonna have a whole family of those little fuckers..

It must have been an extra S&W Model 17 K22 Masterpiece I got rid of when I found another one in the box in much better shape......By god, I just saw that one so I know it's still here!

Pretty interesting the changes they made in just a few years to the Outdoorsman. Mostly the rear sight (it has an extra locking screw) and they moved the logo to the other side and enlarged it sort of like you see today.