Engineering and production changes. The 14-1 was a change of extractor rod from right-hand to left-hand thread. The 14-2 changed the cylinder stop and deleted the trigger guard screw. Etc., etc. Get a copy of the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. It lays it all out.
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