I have the same gun, but it is one of the S&W nightmares that has put me off new guns of that brand. It was very accurate out-of-the-box but the trigger was very poor in single action, and the headspace was so limited that any imperfection in moonclips would bind up the gun. Auto-rim cartridges didn't work at all. I took it to an S&W warranty center and provided them with dummy cartridges and instructions to clean up the trigger. Three months later I picked the gun up and tried it with the dummy cartridges. It would still bind up even with factory brass. I showed it to the guy behind the counter who just shrugged and suggested I send it directly to S&W.
I put up with it for a while, even though the SA trigger was now so light that I could "push off' the cocked hammer with moderate thumb pressure. Then I discovered that the warranty center had broken a piece off of the extractor and split the female part which threads onto the extractor rod, and repaired it with red LocTite. I called S&W and they told me to send it in (at my cost) to have it evaluated and repaired (at my cost). $250 later I have the original gun back. Still very accurate, still binds up, and still has a lousy trigger.
Not sure if I posted this one earler but here is a Model 22-4, 4” tapered barreled, N frame in 45 ACP. I like the tapered barrel and fixed sights. The square butt works for me but all my N frames get grip adapters and either magnas or service stocks. The serial number on this one begins TRR, for Thunder Ranch. It was a special edition that was later added to the S&W lineup. I had a pair of ivories handy and added them for the photo.
It did not take a lot of thought to pick up the Thunder Ranch edition. As i said, it was later entered into the S&W lineup, unchanged. Unlike the earlier TR edition of the 21-4, there was no TR logo emblazoned on the frame of the revolver.
