Iconic S&W Rimfire Revolver

[doc540]

1953 K-22, 5 screw

All good now.

Gunsmith said it hadn't been shot enough to loosen up, so he tuned the action and reshaped the cylinder bolt which was dragging.

A little touch of Van's cold blue, and we're headed to the range tomorrow to see how it shoots!

 

[gramps]

They are good guns. My best friend growing up had one in the family arsenal. I'd buy the ammo he supplied the gun. Lots of bricks through that one in the quarry. Ahh yes summer was sweet back then.
gramps

 

[Snake45]

Take an old toothbrush with you when you shoot it. When it starts to bind up on you, brush all the ick out from under the extractor star and it will run like new again. You'll have to do this somewhere between every 50 and every 200 rounds, depending on the exact ammo you're shooting. :wink:

 

[doc540]

Take an old toothbrush with you when you shoot it. When it starts to bind up on you, brush all the ick out from under the extractor star and it will run like new again. You'll have to do this somewhere between every 50 and every 200 rounds, depending on the exact ammo you're shooting. :wink:

Thanks, I keep one in my range bag. Good to know.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Purty pistola !!

 

[SamV]

Got one pretty similar, but with a little more wear. They are good looking guns.

 

[Sam Summey]

Snake got that right! I had a dentist friend come to me once with his bound up. I brushed out from under the star, around the ratchet teeth, across the front face of the cylinder, relubed sparingly. He asked, what did you do? I said "I've waited all my life to tell a dentist this... improper brushing and flossing!"

 

[Cracker-American]

I have one of the newer versions, circa 1970, that has been shot alot. I have never had the issue with it binding up.

 

[doc540]

Shot it for the first time today at 50yds.

It's as accurate as the Model 41.

 

[Lee Martin]

What a piece. I wish they still made Smiths like that.

 

[gunman42782]

Sweet!

 

[doc540]

Range Day

50 yds

LARGE FILE link to downrange view

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/doc540/Guns/Targets/25Paper50Popup.jpg

 

[George Tucker]

With out a daught, the best Revolver S&W ever made, JMO, George.

 

[Stoots]

Very nice!

:D

 

[Cholo]

That's the 2nd beautiful 5 screw K-22 on the Forum in the past 2 weeks! Very nice!

I've never heard of the K-22/17's binding up so I learned something new. I have a 70's M48 8 3/8" that I'm lucky to get 6 shots before it binds. Yup, I bring a cleaning kit with a toothbrush with me to the range.

 

[Snake45]

I've never heard of the K-22/17's binding up so I learned something new.

I have five top-quality S&W and Colt .22 DA revolvers and they all do it. It's just the nature of the beast.

 

[doc540]

I've never heard of the K-22/17's binding up so I learned something new.

I have five top-quality S&W and Colt .22 DA revolvers and they all do it. It's just the nature of the beast.

Put over 200 rnds downrange today, so when should I expect it to start binding up? :P

 

[Snake45]

I've never heard of the K-22/17's binding up so I learned something new.

I have five top-quality S&W and Colt .22 DA revolvers and they all do it. It's just the nature of the beast.

Put over 200 rnds downrange today, so when should I expect it to start binding up? :P

Your mileage may vary. :wink:

Keep shooting it until it does. And then tell us how many rounds it took and what kind of ammo you were shooting.

I've got in the habit of brushing mine out every 100 rounds or so whether it's binding yet or not, just to head off the problem, because it's real annoying when it does happen.

 

[doc540]

That's a good suggestion, thanks.

I'm all for preventive maintenance.

And it will also work to slow me down.

When I get on a "ping" roll, I tend to rush the process.

 

[Sam Summey]

I've had a M17 and currently have a M63 (J frame). Both have been used on a NRA Women on Target events, nothing to have 500-1000 rounds shot through them in a day. I get binding complaints after lunch if I don't clean them during the break. Carbon ring in the cylinder complaints too.

 

[doc540]

Another 100 thru it this morning.

As suggested, I brushed it like my teeth. :)

 

[Snake45]

Y'know, the funny thing is I put thousands and thousands of rounds through my first Colt Diamondback and Smith K-22 back in the '70s and never had this happen at all. But when I started shooting a lot again in the '90s, the problem showed up for me. Maybe the .22 powders used back then were cleaner burning or something. :?

 

[Sam Summey]

You may have something there Snake. My M17 was purchased in 1976, no initial probs I can remember. Promo ammo seems to be the biggest headache. Hogdon makes CFE223 that cleans AR's as you shoot them by adding berylium, maybe they leave something out of the powder to make the cheap ammo.

 

[Snake45]

My first K-22 was also made in '75 or '76. Back in the day all I fed it was Remington High Velocity, the "first line" version of what's now known as Golden Bullets, because I could get them as cheap as anything else back then.

Lately (last decade or so) my standard handgun blasting fodder has been either Fed Walmart Bulks or Winchester XPerts, whatever is cheaper or I have more of on hand. The Xperts darken up the bores but shoot accurately (they're actually THE most accurate load in my newer, 4" K-22), while the Fed Bulks seem to shoot VERY cleanly in my autoloaders and bolt-action rifles. But both of them will crud up under the stars of the revolvers.

 

[pawncop]

I love mine.