One of these has to go. Which one would you keep? Pre 14 5 screw (1954) or 14 4 screw (1959) Both guns are in excellant condition. Maybe the 4 screw is more rare?

Neither is rare,but they did make many more 5-screws than 4-screws,therefore the later gun would probably be more difficult to replace in like condition to what you describe. Not a whole lot of difference,if any,in the value. JMO,and worth exactly what you paid for it.
f.t.

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I'd lean toward the 54 vintage gun for two reasons. First, it's the same age as me, and I've got an empty gold box for one of those.

Mark

i have a 4 screw made in 59, but i would try to hang on to both if i were you, they are getting hard to find and they are great shooters!

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I would like to keep them all.....but I keep running into great vintage 4 and 5 screws and I always went for the 5 screw but latelty there have been many comments about the limited numbers of 4 screw "transitionals" and the comments have been that even though there are fewer 4 screw examples, the 5 screws bring more money. Will they eventually be more desirable?

Well since I am a greedy little duck I would keep both, but although the five screws are uber cool I would have to keep the 54 vintage gun as thats my birth year. Did I mention the five screws are uber cool?

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More of a personal research question than anything else.
What are the first three of the serial # on the 4 screw 14, and is it in fact model marked?
Thanks

Serial # 3632XX and "MOD-14" marked. Has a target trigger and standard hammer. Was wearing 1980's speadloader cutout target grips.

I like the 4 screw guns the best.The one with the Bomar rib is a model 14 marked 4 screw. The other is a 4 screw that's not marked that I sold not to long ago.

Thanks, I am trying to get a handle on the serial number range of the 4 screw K frame pre models. I have a couple, the latest is K329511.