Combat Masterpiece!

[tlshores]

Wow. Thanks for the memories guys.
The Model 15 Combat Masterpiece was the first handgun I ever owned.
I bought mine new in 1973. I later turned my attention to Model 19's and eventually L frames but I always loved that 38.

 

[charlie sherrill]

I've got two. Both are nickel. The real nice one my Mom bought new back in the 60's. It's got box, papers, sales receipt ($67.00) and tools. She shot it just enough to win a first place trophy in a local police citizens match. The other was owned by my wife. I bought it for her from a New Orleans LEO when she first became a LEO in 1973. He was headed to the door of a gun shop to trade it for a magnum. He was miffed because he had emptied it into a guy the night before and the guy was still able to get another shot off at him before he died. He missed. It has an action job and is butter smooth. I tool first place at a refresher class against a bunch of rookies with bottom feeders in 1999. One goes to my son and the other my daughter one day.

 

[FPrice]

My LGS just got a used Model 15-3. Serial no. 1K144xx (early 1971?). Half a blue box (the bottom half) with instruction sheets for the Model 15, Model 37, and Model 64. The gun is in good cosmetic shape, good blueing and barely discernible drag line on the cylinder, narrow grooved trigger and wide target hammer. The DA trigger pull is SMOOTH! Worst part (next to the price) was it was wearing those godawful Hogue grips that screw into a collar on the bottom of the grip. No wood grips included.

But at $600 I just can't pull the trigger (pun intended) on this. Sad.

 

[ikor]

Just bought a like new 4in blued M15-4 with box and papers today. Bonus is it has a factory Target hammer and trigger (box marked as such). I am more of a M19 / 66 guy usually but I figured it might be a long time before I found another pinned barrel M15 in this condition for the price. I have another, a M15-3, as well as a M15-3 snub, but I do loves me some K frames.