Recent content by lefecious

I just measured the cylinder and it's 1 9/16" which as a decimal would be 1.5625" And yes, to the guy that suggested it was a model 15, I double checked and it's stamped 14-3. Not sure how it got the 4" barrel, but between that unusual barrel length and the unusual cylinder length, I suppose...

I'm trying to read up on this gun and I can't find any info on a 3" barrel. Wikipedia says most had a 6" barrel and a few 4", and 5" were made. Is a 3" barrel rare on a model 14-3? Serial # 1K41XXX Edit: my mistake, I was measuring the barrel wrong. Once I start at the cylinder, I see it's 4...

I could swear I put those .357 rounds in the gun once to see if they fit and they did. But when I get off work I'll go do it again and take a photo. But it sounds like shooting .357 out of this would be a bad idea even if they fit?

Grandpa passed and I got his model 14-3. It was stored with a box of .38 special ammo and a little bag with 6 rounds of .357 magnum, with a note that said "these are the good ones" signed by someone I don't recognize. Now Grandpa was in law enforcement and he told me before he passed that he...