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Originally Posted by MarkLH
curious: how do the models 14 & 15 differ as they sound almost identical...
I see reference to K-38 Masterpiece, Target Masterpiece and combat masterpiece.. that sound similar
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First, there never was such a thing as a "Target Masterpiece." That moniker somehow got adopted in street talk, but the gun was never called that by the company. Unfortunately, the Standard Catalog used that name for a long time, but finally dropped it in the 4th Edition (except it still appears in some of the text explanations of the various models).
From its introduction in the early postwar period (late 1946), the six inch version was called the K-38 Masterpiece, a target revolver. It was equipped with a Patridge target front sight. In 1949, a duty version with a 4" barrel and (usually) a Baughman ramp front sight was introduced. It was called the .38 Combat Masterpiece. Sadly, the Standard Catalog insists on calling it a "K-38 Combat Masterpiece," but again, the company never called it that. So the 6" version is the K-38 Masterpiece and the 4" version is the .38 Combat Masterpiece.
In 1957, when model numbers were assigned, the K-38 became the K-38 Masterpiece Model 14; the .38 Combat Masterpiece became the .38 Combat Masterpiece Model 15.
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current version of a .38 is the model 67 in stainless
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The Model 67 was introduced in 1972, and it was the stainless version of the Model 15. It was called the .38 Combat Masterpiece Model 67. Incidentally, the Standard Catalog gets this one right - no "K-38" in front of the name - even in the 3d Edition.