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Originally Posted by JP@AK
Lee
While I always hesitate to challenge any gorilla in his own field, the factory literature that came with all my Combat Masterpiece revolvers (of either caliber) clearly states "K-38 Combat Masterpiece Revolver Model No. 15" (or K-22 as the case may be). All the box labels I've seen do the same thing, as do period advertisements. I know it is common among collectors to delete the K in front of the caliber on the CMs, but that does not seem to have been the practice of the company itself. Why do we want to insist on dropping the K?
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You are correct to a degree-
there IS an anomaly in the Mod 15 Instruction sheets. They DO use the term "K-38 Combat Masterpiece".
I believe it is just that- an ANOMALY. Catalogs contemporary with those Instruction sheets do not use the "K" with the Combat Masterpiece name.
The first two pics are Instruction sheets that are before Bangor Punta. Note the diamond grips.
Pics 3 & 4 are Bangor Punta dated 1967 and lack diamonds.