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My K32, Model 16
I decided to get my no-dash 16 out for a few photos and share them with all the good folks on the forum. It's as close to pristine as anything I own, not to mention it is "seldom found". Shipped January, 1961. It must have sat in the vault for a little while. Everyone wanted K38's, K22's and 357's back then. Enjoy.
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03-03-2024, 06:35 PM
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Absolute perfection.
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03-03-2024, 06:38 PM
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I have got to get me one of those...The closest I have is a 4" 16-4...  ...Ben
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03-03-2024, 06:48 PM
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What a beautiful firearm. Someday...
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03-03-2024, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Retired W4
I decided to get my no-dash 16 out for a few photos and share them with all the good folks on the forum.
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That is stunningly nice. The K-32 Masterpiece is the only postwar K target model that I don't have in my collection. I had a chance to buy an early K-32 from about 1949 a few years back. Unfortunately, it had been altered in a couple different ways and was, in my opinion, priced much too high for its condition. So I passed.
I'm not out looking for one, but if the right one came along, I would snap it up, depending on the price.
The sad thing is that when I got back from my second year in SE Asia, there were plenty of Model 16s (dash 3s, of course) still for sale, brand new. They were priced below $150. Not knowing they would be going out of production forever (I don't count the later magnum versions) I foolishly passed them up. Big mistake.
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03-03-2024, 07:32 PM
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It's GORGEOUS, Retired W4! I've posted mine in other threads, but it's not so nice. It's decent but pales in comparison to yours. I enjoy shooting it without guilt. I'd feel guilty shooting yours. Heck, I'd feel guilty if YOU shot yours!
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03-03-2024, 08:42 PM
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I am really envious. That revolver is an absolute treasure! Thanks for the looks. 
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03-03-2024, 11:38 PM
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I posted a “Like” because this forum has no icon or button for “Lust After”. That is a real doll baby. One of my last unfulfilled S&W dreams is a 1948 vintage K32 with narrow rib. Fortunately I haven’t begun to obsess on it.
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Fortunately I haven’t begun to obsess on it.
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My wife got a K-32 for me in 2009, here is the post I made at the time. She was kind of nervous meeting the seller at the walmart parking lot!
DOB for model 16
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