New to Me K22

Well I like it, big image and all.

They very nice revolvers. Well made, accurate and will last a long time. For comfort I really don't care much for S&W Magna style stocks. You may like a pair of Ahrends. I have found them to be very comfortable, with excellent fit. The K-22 Masterpiece is very popular and has a wide following. I think you did very well. Sonora

Nice pick up, Tallball.

I believe (and I might be wrong) that it originally came with magna stocks but I'm pretty sure target stocks would have been available as an option. You can find the correct stocks over on the S&W forum classifieds. Be forewarned... diamond targets OR magnas in good shape carry a hefty price tag. If it were mine I would be looking for a set with a bit of wear & maybe the later non diamond types.

My '55 doesn't like dirty ammo. Extraction gets pretty stiff after a few cylinders.

I have been shooting a K-22 my whole life. My dad had one. Then when I moved out of the house I bought one for myself and later I bought the stainless version (617) with the full lugged barrel. The stainless one is the six shot version that I owned long before they came out with the ones that have more holes. So, now that my dad has passed on, I own three of them.

They are great revolvers. In fact, about two hours ago, I was at a shoot where I used my dad's gun to win a little money against guys using red dots and scopes (one other guy was shooting iron sights and he was using a 617).

I have Herritt Roper stocks on my guns. They look good and feel good in the hand.
http://www.herrettstocks.com/roper.htm

...but those ugly Pachmayr grips are soooo comfortable!

Looks like a winner to me! I mean, once those ugly rubber... things are ditched.

Another recommendation for Ahrend's grips. Maybe not authentic and original, but they're very nice stocks. The 2 sets I have so far have fit every frame I've tried them on very well.

Photobucket always screws up posting pictures nowadays. It use to work just fine some time back.

Nice score Tallball!

Howdy

I believe we have discussed this before. These are the style Magna grips your K-22 would have been wearing when it left the factory. This one left the factory in 1950. It has a different style hammer than yours, yours has the 'speed hammer'.