Hey Shooter, the more I compare and contrast our S&W 22's, the more I feel the need to ask what/where/how did yours come to look like it does, and what mods were made internal, if any?
It's a great gun, my score is purely the shooters fault. The only thing I'm less than thrilled about with it is the take-down. Why did you choose it?
To tell the truth, I thought all the 22A's looked like that until I saw your model at a gunshow a couple of weeks ago. I bought it that way and to me, the grips are a little too big. Since I'm left handed and they are ambidextrous I was happy with them. I bought it because it was time to retire my Colt Woodsman Match Target and I liked the idea that the barrel removal was so simple and I could clean from the breech. My friend had just bought a High Standard and I saw this one an hour later. I wasn't interested in a collector's piece and this follows the High Standard design. The price wasn't outrageous. I think it was $236 or something like that.