Shooting the S&W Model 14-3
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Love my model 14s
The K 38 is the first really good quality handgun I ever owned. My dad gave me the one on the bottom when I was 16...a 14-2 with the three T's and is still in approximately 98% condition. The cost new was $72.00. From the top down the first three are model 14-3s. The first is the 8 3/8" model. Second from the top is a factory single action pistol. Third from the top is a factory re-work (star stamp inside the yoke or crane) I suspect this was a factory re-blue. All are surperbly accurate and consistently hold the X-ring at 25 yards. The revolvers that Smith & Wesson makes today don't even come close to the fit, finish and workmanship in these guns. I will be buried with these handguns!
The K 38 is the first really good quality handgun I ever owned. My dad gave me the one on the bottom when I was 16...a 14-2 with the three T's and is still in approximately 98% condition. The cost new was $72.00. From the top down the first three are model 14-3s. The first is the 8 3/8" model. Second from the top is a factory single action pistol. Third from the top is a factory re-work (star stamp inside the yoke or crane) I suspect this was a factory re-blue. All are surperbly accurate and consistently hold the X-ring at 25 yards. The revolvers that Smith & Wesson makes today don't even come close to the fit, finish and workmanship in these guns. I will be buried with these handguns!
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I've always found it to be the most shootable of the smith hand ejector centerfires-a bit easier to shoot off-hand than my 29 8 3/8s and more accurate than my 6" model 27. Every one I've handled has been capable of x ring and smaller bench groups. I don't have a k 38 now but do shoot a 1947 six inch k22 and an 8 3/8" from 1991- just before all the "improvements" set in.
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This came to live with me just last week. We have not been able to go to the range yet.
Hopefully by Labor Day.SN # K935xxx put it around 1969-1970. No box and I dont think the grips are original. I like the gun tho. This is to replace one I had of the same era.
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This came to live with me just last week. We have not been able to go to the range yet.
Hopefully by Labor Day.SN # K935xxx put it around 1969-1970. No box and I dont think the grips are original. I like the gun tho. This is to replace one I had of the same era.
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Snobal
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I got my Model 14 from Montgomery Ward in about 1970.
It has been my favorite "bunny gun" ever since. Its hard to beat .38 Wad-cutters for head shots on cottontails.
It is also my "loaner" when friends come visit and want to shoot the local bullseye matches.
It has been my favorite "bunny gun" ever since. Its hard to beat .38 Wad-cutters for head shots on cottontails.
It is also my "loaner" when friends come visit and want to shoot the local bullseye matches.
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