Look What Else Followed Me Home

[Fredo Batali]

1952 .38 Combat Masterpiece (K138XXX). It's really in good condition and locks up tight with no end shake. This one's a keeper. I foolishly traded away my first CM. Was kicking myself ever since, been looking for quite a while for this one.

De Oppresso Liber

 

[Engine49guy]

Nice, Looks like the year they used plastic grip medallions too

 

[Snuffy2]

I picked up one in remarkably similar condition last year at an auction in middle Tennessee. S/N K 950XX - a bit earlier than yours. Some honest wear and a couple of old chips out of the original numbered grips, just enough to give it character.

I'd a dang sight rather have a gun like that than a new one. I carry a Shield when I have to go to town, but this old CM or something similar lives with me most of the time. Looks you got a good 'un.

 

[LEO918]

Here's a couple of mine.

 

[Al W.]

I picked one up a couple of weeks ago , also very tight.
A pleasure to shoot and very precise .
Shooting HBWC and RNFP and having a blast

 

[JP@AK]

Congrats Fredo!

This one also left the factory in 1952. But it is a bit different.

There were only 367 of these that we know of.

 

[Flattop5]

That old .38 Combat Masterpiece looks exactly like the gun my sister "borrowed" from me 2 years ago. I haven't seen it since. Nor do I think I will anytime soon. It's strange how women liberate guns from men.



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[Fredo Batali]

I once lost a Model 49 to my wife. She let me see it once in while. When she passed it went to our son. I still see it once in a while

De Oppresso liber

 

[chief38]

Another great S&W Classic never to be made again! Use it well!

 

[rjm6120]

The more I see these, the more I want one. Foolishly sold a model 15 snub back in the late 90's. If I knew then what I know now.

 

[S&WsRsweet]

1952 .38 Combat Masterpiece (K138XXX). It's really in good condition and locks up tight with no end shake. This one's a keeper. I foolishly traded away my first CM. Was kicking myself ever since, been looking for quite a while for this one.

De Oppresso Liber

The perfect revolver in the perfect condition to do what it was meant to do ,shoot and shoot and shoot ,enjoy .

 

[S&WsRsweet]

Congrats Fredo!

This one also left the factory in 1952. But it is a bit different.

There were only 367 of these that we know of.

Wow only 367 now that is a cool gun !

 

[JP@AK]

Wow only 367 now that is a cool gun !

365 special ordered for the Missouri State Highway Patrol, sent in four shipments. There were two overruns that we know of. There could have been a few more. I was fortunate to obtain a complete record of this gun's service from the time it left the factory until it came into my possession. Yes, it is rather cool!