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My first Model 14. I think it's beautiful.
I don't own a .38 special with target sights, but have been hankerin' for a 6" Model 14 or older K38 Masterpiece. At a gun show five minutes from my house one couple had a bunch of older sixguns. I saw this 8 3/8" 1973 Model 14 for $795 and got it for $750. It looks pretty new and DA is amazing as is SA. I just wanted a gun to leisurely do target shooting with but not out of my .357s. The grips feel great. These guns cannot enter Cubafornia so they are usually higher priced as we all fight over what's already in the state. I thought the longer barrel might be unwieldy but not the case at all.
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Very nice- $750 isn’t bad at all. A Model 14 is on my short list of “to buy” guns.
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I used to have a 8 3/8" but switched to a 6". The longer barrel was fine when I was willing to haul everything around in my Pachmayr Pistol Box. When I switched to a range bag the damn thing didn't fit.
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Thats a lot of gun for that money Wyatt. Congratulations.
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The longer the better. I have several 8 3/8 inchers, but not a model 14.
I don't use a range bag, rather a bullseye match case, with flip up lid and spotting scope. It will even fit my 9 inch Ruger.
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These guns cannot enter Cubafornia so they are usually higher priced as we all fight what's already in the state.
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That's a beautiful gun, and a very good price anywhere...I can't imagine any legitimate reason for its entry into California being denied, but we should not get into that discussion here...  ...Ben
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One of the most classic of all classics! Whenever I answer the question of “what vintage revolver should I buy?” question I always recommend either a model 17 or 14. Same gun, just different calibers. Enjoy that incredible revolver!
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Nice Model 14 and I like those presentation grips.
I have a couple of Model 14’s, one is a 6” barrel from 1975, and the other is a 8 3/8” full target mfg. in 1978. Both have original boxes and components. I like the long barrels and have several in Model 17’s and Model 27’s.
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Congratulations! Always awesome to find that hidden gem! I hope you love it and enjoy some good shooting!
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Very nice Wyatt. Long tubes are special!
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Very nice score! You did well.
I think everybody "needs" a .38 Special revolver. The Model 14 is the ultimate .38 Special revolver. I hope you're grinning. I would be!
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Great pickup! And since you’re in California, you don’t have to worry about whether or not it is on a list. Being a California gun, I think you got a pretty screaming deal, especially with those grips. I’m sure it being a “Long Tom” was in your favor too. How long before we see that one in a custom leather holster? I know someone that can make you one......wait, never mind! 
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PS - I don’t want to see you spinning that thing. YES, I DO!
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Nice 14! I have a -3 with the "short" barrel. Was a good buy and VERY accurate. You should enjoy yours~ Bob
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Last week I asked here if $700 was too much for a late 40s 6" M&P .38 special with magna grips and the older pre war looking hammer spur. The answer was yes. Well, the people with the Model 14 had an excellent 5" version of that M&P for $495. I told my buddy someone said on this forum that there was a pretty small window of time when the M&P with the older hammer and magnas combined were made so that made it a little more interesting. So he bought it. I passed on it because I wanted the Model 14.
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Agree it is a beauty. I personally don’t care for the longer barrels, but if it works for you great.
I also understand in California you have slim pickings with associated higher prices.
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I don't own a .38 special with target sights, but have been hankerin' for a 6" Model 14 or older K38 Masterpiece. At a gun show five minutes from my house one couple had a bunch of older sixguns. I saw this 8 3/8" 1973 Model 14 for $795 and got it for $750. It looks pretty new and DA is amazing as is SA. I just wanted a gun to leisurely do target shooting with but not out of my .357s. The grips feel great. These guns cannot enter Cubafornia so they are usually higher priced as we all fight over what's already in the state. I thought the longer barrel might be unwieldy but not the case at all.
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Here in CA you see them on Consignment at Turners occasionally. Usually if its a 14 it was a LEO's gun their children or grandchildren inherited. Especially if the finish is worn and a 36 also comes up at the same shop.
I had a six inch 14 when I was a LEO with Federal 158 grain LRN
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Here in CA you see them on Consignment at Turners occasionally. Usually if its a 14 it was a LEO's gun their children or grandchildren inherited. Especially if the finish is worn and a 36 also comes up at the same shop.
I had a six inch 14 when I was a LEO with Federal 158 grain LRN
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Thinking about the long barreled 14 I bought it reminded of “The Onion Field” which I last saw maybe 30 years ago. I remember the detective’s gun had a very long barrel and adjustable sights. It seemed longer than 6” in my mind. but I knew I had to be wrong and it was probably 6”. Like I think the Adam 12 guys carried for a while. Sure enough that’s what I found it to be.
BTW, Istill have a few Sgt. Rock 12 cent comic books from the late 60s but a bunch of “Nick Fury And His Howlung Commandos”.
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Ya got yerself a nice one! Mine is a 6" version
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One of the best revolvers ever made.
Hard to pass up a good deal on one.
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Congrats, Nice revolver, I picked up its brother a few months ago.
Here is my 1973 14-3, it is a fun shooter.
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Really a nice revolver. You don't see many long barrels like that for sale. I got one from a neighbor a few years ago, great shooter. Do you still have any gun shows in N. Ca.?
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Very nice example! Your grips are better than these newer production Altamonts.
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Bought a 14-3 at Cabela's some years back. Soon's as my buddy says sell it to me. Then he turns around and says I know you have some wadcutters how about throwing a box (500) in to sweetin the deal. This guy is so cheap,when he opens his wallet the moths fly out. No he didn't get the 14-3 or the wadcutters. Frank
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Here’s my 2 Model 14’s I mentioned in post 8 earlier.
The 6” is from 1975.
The 8 3/8” barrel is from 1978.
Both have original boxes and contents.
The 8 3/8” barrel has the Target Trigger, Target Hammer, and Target Stocks.
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Really a nice revolver. You don't see many long barrels like that for sale. I got one from a neighbor a few years ago, great shooter. Do you still have any gun shows in N. Ca.?
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Oh yeah. but I don’t think at the state fair grounds because our Governor is an idiot. There are shows at other facilities. The show we went to was more of a knife and beef jerky show (even rain gutter cover sales people!) but this one couple had lots of old Colts, S&Ws, Savage 99s and older Win. 94s.
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Congrats, Nice revolver, I picked up its brother a few months ago.
Here is my 1973 14-3, it is a fun shooter.
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Identical to mine right down to the year. I would have still bought it if it had the checkered target stocks, but these really grabbed me. what’s the story on them? Did some guns just randomly come that way?
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I posted a thread asking the same question a couple months ago
Long Barrel 14-3
I never really got a good answer to the question. It was surmised that these presentation grips are actually Smith and Wesson grips but were the grips that you could buy in the blister packs and add to the gun. Supposedly the model 14-3 came from the factory with Magna or Target grips.
Like you I really like the presentation grips, I kind of accidently bought my gun. A couple months ago I threw out a low bid out on GB and it stuck, I was really surprised that no one sniped me at the end of the auction. I stole it for $550, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while 
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Really a nice revolver. You don't see many long barrels like that for sale. I got one from a neighbor a few years ago, great shooter. Do you still have any gun shows in N. Ca.?
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Crossroads of the West still does Reno, NV. Otherwise the only two in CA are San Bernardino and Ontario.
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There are many others in terms of California gun shows…..
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I think that my 14 is on the top of the list of all of the revolvers I own and I love and shoot them all but the way it handles it is rightfully going to stay there.Great acquisition Wyatt.
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When I bought my Model 14-3 it came to me with blue wear on the cylinder and barrel and a set of plug ugly grips by Goodyear. All of that was immaterial because it was destined to be the donor for my Model 16-3 Homage. What I found surprising was that it had the heaviest DA trigger I’ve ever encountered on a K Masterpiece and the SA wasn’t much better in the scheme of things. Was this unusual or are these later production guns to be expected to have less well tuned triggers than the “pre-Model” ones?
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