I started with a K38 (all matching) that I got in a trade when actually my collecting interests lay elsewhere. About 25 years later, just as my interest were turning toward things S&W, I picked up a K22 at auction. Serendipitously they were both “narrow rib” guns from 1948, the year befor my birth. To say my search for a matching K32 was long and frustrating is putting it mildly!
I now own a “sorta” trifecta, having built a recreation of a 16-3 (heavy barrel, of course) around an original K-32 barrel and a Model 14-3. It may not be perfect, but I have my set of the important three Masterpieces. I guess I really should seek out a Model 53 to go with them, but that really hasn’t become a priority for me.
The image below shows the trio with the K22 on the bottom, the K38 on top and the K32 with its heavier barrel and distinctive Baughman style front sight in between.
Froggie
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