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Old 10-30-2010, 08:29 PM
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Finally captured one of those illusive K-32s! Finally captured one of those illusive K-32s! Finally captured one of those illusive K-32s! Finally captured one of those illusive K-32s! Finally captured one of those illusive K-32s!  
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After many years of searching for the illusive K-32 Masterpiece I finally found a (5) screw lettered beauty!






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Old 10-30-2010, 08:35 PM
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W O W !

It's absolutely new!

The "illusive" part is the "completeness" of the package.

Congratz!!!

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Outstanding! It's alway's nice to be able to scratch a long held itch. That one is a beauty to be sure and with all the trimming's too.
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I usually don't feel envy for what other people might have, but I may have had a twinge of it just now.
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Old 10-30-2010, 09:31 PM
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That's a great looking revolver.............nice find.
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Never having seen one, does anyone know how many Model K16 Combat Masterpieces were made?
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Old 10-30-2010, 11:04 PM
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Never having seen one, does anyone know how many Model K16 Combat Masterpieces were made?
If I recall correctly there was one order for 20 of them, or maybe fewer. They all went to one distributor. I suppose the company could have made up a few more on a custom basis in response to individual requests. But four-inch K-32s that would letter as four inch guns have got to be rare rare rare.

Doug, congratulations on the fine specimen. I have seen a few K-32s now, and I am astonished that so many of them are in excellent shape. I know that few were made because no one wanted to buy them. It almost seems that after those few were sold, their owners didn't want to shoot them.

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Congratulations on the K-32! It looks like you stepped into a time machine and brought back a brand new one!
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Drooling all over my keyboard! Great find...

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WOW, that really is a beauty. The whole exquisite package. Congratulations! But it's obviously not "illusive," as the photos make clear. It's elusive.
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I usually don't feel envy for what other people might have, but I may have had a twinge of it just now.
Oh my goodness, I feel extreme envy for that package. Itis the nicest I have seen. Congratulations on your fantastic find.
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Ok, I know the story of the gun, but where did a man from Phoniex, AZ find a picture from Hazard,KY that has the sign of the store that sold his gun in 1955? I like the picture of all the correct accoutrements of this gun, impressive!
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There's a lot of folks P'offed they passed on that auction. Good score Doug
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That is one fantastic complete package. Congrats!! Great photos also.
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That's almost unbelievable! And incredibly beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Old 10-31-2010, 09:53 PM
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very nice peice.

one of my major gun buying blunders of my life was passing on a pre 16 with box for $850 about 3-4 years ago.

yours is very clean.
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That is a beautiful revolver. Conratulations on getting the complete package!
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