S&W K-38 Inbound

I paid $135 for the one pictured in post #8 but it was about 6 years ago.

Hey, it was a gunbroker auction, that was the starting price and nobody else bid. I bought the 22 LR CM with it for $265 a few weeks later.
 
Well, it is a 67..But is not the 67 a direct descendant of the 15, just in SS?
dash-no-dash..I need to catch up on my S&W morse code :D
 
I paid $135 for the one pictured in post #8 but it was about 6 years ago.

Hey, it was a gunbroker auction, that was the starting price and nobody else bid. I bought the 22 LR CM with it for $265 a few weeks later.

Even 6 years ago they both where a monster deal!

This one was also an auction, but with the $299 buy it now, well that seemed like the course to take. Could I have gotten it for less? Maybe.
Could it have went out of my comfort zone $$ wise? Most likely.
 
But is not the 67 a direct descendant of the 15, just in SS?
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Yes, although there are far fewer versions than the M15.

AFAIK all standard-production M67's have 4" barrels, and the only major permutations are (a) stainless finish front and rear sights used during early production; and (b) a 2-piece barrel system used on M67's made in the early 2000's. [The 2-piece barrel was bitterly criticized by S&W purists, and has suffered a number of well-documented catastrophic failures, but I digress.]

OTOH the M15 was produced with a number of barrel lengths*, hammer and trigger configurations, and types of stocks (grips), and there was also a rare 4" non-tapered bull-barrel configuration.

*FOOTNOTE: It is widely believed that the M14 & M15 barrel lengths are mutually exclusive- namely, the M14 was 6" or 8-3/8", whereas the M15 was 2" or 4". This is incorrect; the two models are differentiated by the type of front sight rather than the barrel length. Both long-barrel M15's and short-barrel M14's exist, although they are uncommon.
 
What carguychris said,,,

What carguychris said,,,
Is spot on.

I own a Model 15 and a Model 67,,,
The 67 gets shot a bit more,,,
Because it's easier to clean.

Both are great guns,,,
There is a large group of shooters,,,
Who feel that the S&W Combat Masterpiece,,,
Is the finest revolver, chambered for .38 special, ever made.

I'm in that group.

Aarond

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The factories just go nuts sometimes.
I have seen pictures of 4" M14s with the Baughman Fast Draw Ramp of the M15, no difference except the width of the rib.
I once saw but did not appreciate enough to buy instead of the M19 I was looking for, a 4" M14 with the short ramp and post of the 6" K38.
Then there are the 6" M15s with narrow rib.

What I would like to stumble upon is one of the M15's with full lug barrel. But there were very few of those made. If I were still shooting a lot of IDPA SSR, I would get one of the more common M14 full lug versions and cut it off.
 
One comment on the ribs on those Masterpiece revolvers. S&W made the target versions in three calibers, the K-22, the K-32, and the K-38. Some target shooters actually owned and fired all three calibers (though the K-32 was the least popular). So S&W tried to keep the weight the same for all three calibers, and one way to do that was to vary the width of the rib and the thickness of the barrel.

Jim
 
Ah, that was the Heavy Masterpiece series.

For a while there were Masterpiece revolvers with the same width rib, and the weights were different. I used to have the 1951 Gun Digest from the transition period with both cataloged. As I recall, the early model K38 was 36 oz, while the Heavy Masterpiece was fudged to match the .22 at 38.5.

SCSW says the postwar Masterpiece came out in 1947 and the weights were matched in 1949, so the lighter weight .38 is not going to be common. I have seen one ever.
 
Wealth of info
Thanks guys..
I grew up shooting 2 types of revolvers.
The Target Masterpiece and the Colt Officers Model Match Target.
One each in 38 and 22...the best 4 guns in my Dads collection!

At least for now this CM will rekindle those memories
 
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