Originally Posted by
willie
Use a black sharpie on the bright spot. The grips in the picture are not the ones shipped with your gun which was born with the regular and smaller service grips. Sometimes Smith revolvers were shipped with the 3T's: target hammer, trigger, and stocks. The K-22 was a target revolver fired 5 shots at a time. Shooters often tested to see if one chamber was less accurate than the other 5. Then it was marked and not used. An 8 shot cylinder would have increased variability. No need for an 8 shot cylinder. The Hi Standard revolvers did come with 9 shot cylinders, but they were plinkers.
With your revolver, you might identify the ammo brand and type within the brand giving best accuracy. A 7 yard group will be meaningless. The gun has the capability of putting all shots in the same hole at that range. Crud from firing will land under the extractor star and cause drag. Clean with tooth brush. Hold barrel straight up and down when ejecting empties. Don't let anybody work on it. Buy a bottle of Slip 2000, cock hammer, and place 3 drops into mechanism. Don't dry fire. Resist changing out springs. Do not disassemble. You will experience occasional misfires which will be ammo related. Don't expect to shoot it well at first. You have to practice to shoot good 50 yard groups. Double action will smooth up by shooting it single action.