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Originally Posted by Masterpiece
Although S&W did Catalog them separately as K-38 Masterpiece Single Actions beginning in the Early 60's up into the Early 80's...Possibly even longer
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For what it's worth, I just dug one of the SAO letters out of the safe. Here's what Roy wrote:
"In 1961 a Model 14 having a special hammer and trigger was introduced making the handgun a Single Action Only. This Single Action Model 14 was kept in production until 1978 when it was discontinued."
The letter indicates my particular example shipped to Washington Hardware Company in Anchorage on August 24, 1973. There were 10 SAO revolvers in the shipment.
As near as I can tell all examples of the SAO were shipped using the same label on the end of the box as the standard Model 14, but "SA" is written in the Special Features location. That is the way my box looks and the few others I've seen were the same.