I worked full time at Cheshire & Perez in '78-’79. Don't recall any such mods being done then, nor do I remember seeing any around the shop.

Alhambra PD had their K-38's cut down to 4" and the front patridge sights remounted by a local Alhambra gunsmith "Wayne" who had a shop in the shopping center at New and Valley in Alhambra in the late 70’s/early 80’s. My recollection is that these were shortened sometime in 1978. Workmanship was only so-so.

I was issued one of these as an Alhambra Reserve in late 1978, early 1979. Carried it in a left hand Safety Speed swivel clamshell that I still have. It shot really well and I hated to give it up when I went regular in 1980. They reissued me a Model 15 that I never carried.