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Originally Posted by DCWilson
My guess is that between 2000 and 2500 of the K-32 Masterpieces will be five-screw revolvers. Production tapered off pretty severely in the later years when it became clear there was just not a gigantic market for the model. Four-screw guns should be much harder to find than the ones with five screws, and three-screw specimens rarer yet.
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I agree with David. The last version of the K-32 was the model 16-3, which was discontinued in 1974 I believe. I've seen about half a dozen 16-3's, and every one had a "6" stamped over a "4" in the model number. My theory is that demand was so low by then the factory didn't even bother to stamp any 16-3 frames, and when they did get an order for one they just over-stamped a 14-3 frame and fitted it with a K-32 barrel and cylinder.