French walnut for a K-frame

[CraigC]

I have recently discovered Culina Grips for S&W's. Here's a set of his Coke bottles in French walnut on one of my most prized S&W's, a 14-4 that I found new-old-stock fifteen years ago for the princely sum of $285. It shoots as good as it looks and usually gives me an inch at 25yds.

http://www.culinagrips.com/

 

[il.bill]

That is a good looking revolver - thanks for sharing. Can you post a picture of the left side?

 

[CraigC]

Thanks, left side pics didn't turn out right.

 

[19-3Ben]

14-4 ... new-old-stock …. $285.

I.HATE.YOU.

Those gorgeous grips don't help the situation.
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More seriously, wow that's a beautiful wheel gun and those grips are absolutely outstanding.
Those walnut grips are just classic, and the figuring it really nice.

 

[texagun]

Beautiful gun and grips. The Coke Bottles look great. I've got a nice pre-Model 14 but it is not nearly as mint as the one you have. I love the old S&W's.

 

[CraigC]

I.HATE.YOU.

Tell me about it. Shop had a truckload of late `70's S&W's. No N-frames but a bunch of K's, J's, and L's. All priced similarly but at the time, the K-38 was all I could afford to bring home. Wish I had been able to snag a 6" model 10, 4" and 6" model 19's and a 4" 586. Had a bunch of similar vintage Rugers too. Went back a few years later and it was all gone.

 

[bluetopper]

Nice grips, but the 14-4 impresses me much more.

I have a 14-3 and an 8 3/8", 14-4. No greater pleasure in handgunning then spending an afternoon with a model 14 and an abundance of reloaded cast lead 148gr wadcutters.

Like a fool I sold another 14-3 a few years ago, I thought I had too many.

 

[horsemen61]

Nice looking gun/grips

 

[19-3Ben]

Tell me about it. Shop had a truckload of late `70's S&W's. No N-frames but a bunch of K's, J's, and L's. All priced similarly but at the time, the K-38 was all I could afford to bring home. Wish I had been able to snag a 6" model 10, 4" and 6" model 19's and a 4" 586. Had a bunch of similar vintage Rugers too. Went back a few years later and it was all gone.

Hindsight being 20/20 it probably would have been worth taking out a loan to buy them all!
Payback the loan with 7% interest, but then sell the guns 10 years later for double the price, so you still come out 93% ahead. Even accounting for inflation you'd be well ahead.

 

[CraigC]

I know, it would've been well worth it but that was at a time when $350-$400 N-frames were easy to find. Those were the days!

It doesn't look like it but I've shot the piss out of that thing. I had it tuned by a S&W factory gunsmith but it's never been in a holster. A good K-frame .38 is definitely one of those finer things in life.

 

[surfinUSA]

Nice looking gun, with very nice grips.

 

[Walkalong]

Beautiful 14-4. My 14-3 is a great shooter, but it doesn't have that deep beautiful blue.

Are the grips thin, or closer to the original S&W target grips? I don't like the thin grips so many seem to like these days.

Sure look nice.

 

[rswartsell]

Stunning!

Great decision to go with "Cokes", a 14-4 (1977-) would it have had Magnas originally?

 

[rcmodel]

It woulda had Magnas originally.

Unless you opted for the extra cost Targets.

rc

 

[rswartsell]

When were the Cokes discontinued? A better factory grip (for me) was never made especially not Colt Targets, pretty and all but god-awful fit for my hands.

 

[Hardtarget]

Your revolver would look great with almost ANY set of grips. But those are beautiful...so the combination is really nice.

Mark

 

[bannockburn]

CraigC

Definitely two of the finer looking things in life: a vintage Model 14 and those sweet grips!