[Jlgrimm]

Hello and thanks for the forum. Dad passed away last month and left me this revolver. I didnt even know he owned it, but now I need to do some homework with the knowledgeable folks here.
Serial "K 236xx"
Barrel is 6 inch
The butt looks replaced
Thanks in advance for any info

 

[Forester]

Hello and welcome.

If I read the book correctly you have a Target Masterpiece from 1948. No, those grips are not original. This model would become the Model 14 in 1957


Lost in the woods... Hopefully.

 

[K22]

Looks like a K-38 alright. s/n K2368x shipped Jul 1948.

 

[Blackcloud2]

WOW, that's a keeper!

 

[Jlgrimm]

Much thanks Forester, really appreciate this. Well if it's a keeper then its time to get busy cleaning. Perhaps my Son will appreciate this a couple decades from now.

 

[Blackcloud2]

JLgrimm, I'd make my next quest to find some period stocks for that gal, she deserves them!

 

[Jlgrimm]

BC2, great minds...lol. I was just researching that. It seems the stocks would have been diamond magnas, or diamond targets. I'm a noob, but already find this a very cool hobby. I plan on shooting it next weekend.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[jeepnut]

Welcome to the forum. When go to the range shoot lead bullets and it will be as accurate as you let it.

 

[tomjimmy00]

Sorry for the loss of your Father. Those are great pistols, they deserve the name Masterpiece. I have a 14 no dash and it is the nicest shooting pistol I own. I like mine with the magna grips over the targets it came with but it's just a matter of personal preference.

 

[tomjimmy00]

Also, I see that box of .38 Specials with your pistol but I don't know what brand etc. they are, not familiar with a plain white box like that, but if those were my Dad's I'd be saving them instead of wasting them at the range.

 

[BlackBat242]

The ammo looks like some small-batch local maker*, not a national brand.


* Possibly a commercial small-batch reloading operation.