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Originally Posted by BigBill
On my gold s&w box that came with my 1948 k22 masterpiece it says "k22" on the s&w box?
I'm confused now.
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If you have a box for a 6" Masterpiece, it is a K22, K32, or K38. If it were a 4" Combat Masterpiece, it would not be stamped with the "K". Some early Combat Masterpiece revolvers were shipped in 6" boxes and simply re-labeled right over one of the end labels. The box I was referring to now has K38 Masterpiece on both ends, since the over-label just must have fallen off or was removed.
The simple answer is there were 3 caliber and 2 barrel lengths. 6 different guns had the Masterpiece name as stated in a few different ways above. I have still to see even a picture of a 32 Combat Masterpiece, but believe the experts that at least samples were made.