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      AC4142 reacted to USSR's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      Jack, You and I will just have to agree to disagree. I have a narrow rib K-38 that shipped in a Heavy Masterpiece box. While S&W...
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      AC4142 reacted to DCWilson's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      I track the postwar K38 Masterpieces up through SN K50000, and then sporadically up to about K100000. I have noted among narrow-rib...
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      AC4142 reacted to weatherby's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      I don't believe it was due to loosing popularity. IIRC it was to keep the weight the same for bullseye shooters. Where a k22 and k38...
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      AC4142 reacted to JP@AK's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      The first K-38 Heavy Masterpiece bore serial number K66222, reflecting a change order issued on August 19, 1948. It shipped on February...
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      AC4142 reacted to Engine49guy's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      Looked in my notes but unfortunately I never tracked the 6" K38 benchmarks. I do have a note that the very first wide rib K38 reached...
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      AC4142 reacted to JP@AK's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      It simply does not say that. It says, "1949: Manufactured a heavy barrel to match the K17 and K32 in weight." That simply means the...
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      AC4142 replied to the thread Good things come to those who wait, and wait and wait.......
      Looks nice. Never seen one before.
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      AC4142 reacted to USSR's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      That's fine for the 4" Combat Masterpiece, but the 6" barrel as used on the K38 Masterpiece switched over to the wide rib in 1949 as...
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      AC4142 reacted to USSR's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      Manufacturing was stopped in 1949 with the introduction of the heavy barrel. The problem with a S&W letter is, they tell you when a...
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      AC4142 reacted to MelvinWalker's post in the thread Factory letter with Like Like.
      It certainly helps with value documentation of the original features as shipped compared to how it looks now. However, if it shipped...
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      AC4142 reacted to Wiregrassguy's post in the thread Factory letter with Like Like.
      IMO, the value of an Historian's letter is intangible. It could be worth a lot more than the $100 it costs if it validates a unique...
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      AC4142 reacted to DARE's post in the thread Factory letter with Like Like.
      Roy Jinks has retired from writing letters. I could see a Jinks letter being worth more than a letter from someone else. I have been a...
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      AC4142 replied to the thread K38 Masterpiece info.
      Thanks Weatherby, do you agree it was phasing out in 1949?
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      AC4142 reacted to USSR's post in the thread K38 Masterpiece info with Like Like.
      The post-war K38 Masterpiece was introduced in 1947, and the narrow rib was phased out when the heavy barrel was introduced in 1949.
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      AC4142 replied to the thread K38 Masterpiece info.
      Thanks USSR!
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