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Originally Posted by Stillmeellen
I see now. 5 digit. K which I assume is K Frame. 84433. Sights have screws. Barrel is 5 inches.
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OK, that's a K-38 Masterpiece that probably shipped in 1950. Most of these at that time had 6" barrels, but a model called the Combat Masterpiece had just been introduced that had a 4" barrel.
Did you measure the barrel from the muzzle to the face of the cylinder? That's the proper length of the barrel, which includes the threaded part that goes through the frame. There were a very few 5" K-38s manufactured in the mid-1950s, but I suspect you have a six-inch barrel.
This model was introduced in early 1948. It became known as the Model 14 when S&W adopted model numbers in 1958.