Show your "Combat Masterpiece"

[Vtgw938]

I've only got one (15-2), but I know where there is a minty 15-3 and a decent pre-model.

 

[S&WshooterFIN]

Combat Masterpiece is very rare in Finland. One piece is for sale in the gun shop and it is also reserved Fusil Oy



I have models 14, 16 and 17.
Maybe I'll take them to a gunsmith and ask them to shorten the 4"

 

[wetdog]

Has that beauty ever been to the range??

Not since I've had it. I also have a 15-3 with box and a 15-4 no box. I have shot the 15-4 that has a nickel finish.

 

[robvious]

1973 model 67-0 5K526xx... a fine revolver, used but not abused... and yes those are stainless sights

 

[colt_saa]

I posted my 15-3 earlier in this thread (post #31), but for some reason I never seem to think of the below gun as a "Combat Masterpiece" - but it is a Model 15. So here you go, my Model 15-9 Nickel, McGivern Tribute Heritage Series gun...

Adios,

Pizza Bob

Bob,
I am a huge fan of the McGivern Special. I did not originally include photos of mine because of the 6 inch barrel. After all Ed McGivern's revolvers of the 1930s were all called K-38 masterpieces, but these are Model 15s so here a few images

I love the combination of old world nostalgic style combined with modern manufacturing techniques

I think the nickel Smith & Wesson was using at this tine is about the best I gave seen

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These were offered in blue, nickel, and color case hardened finishes. I think all three look great but admit to some extra fondness for the color case hardened frames

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While it was not functional or necessary I do like that the Heritage Series added back that 4th side plate screw. I think it adds to the nostalgic look. I am happy that Smith and Wesson has decided to continue with that 4th screw

 

[RKmesa]

Bob,
I am a huge fan of the McGivern Special... These were offered in blue, nickel, and color case hardened finishes. I think all three look great but admit to some extra fondness for the color case hardened frames

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While it was not functional or necessary I do like that the Heritage Series added back that 4th side plate screw. I think it adds to the nostalgic look. I am happy that Smith and Wesson has decided to continue with that 4th screw

Mark - great collection of those three!!! I've got to ask - do each of the three have the same SN?

 

[colt_saa]

Mark - great collection of those three!!! I've got to ask - do each of the three have the same SN?

I do love serial numbers, but unfortunately no

These began production in 2001 and at that time my cash flow did not allow me to acquire all of them. However by 2014 I did have the complete set of three

A couple of years later I was offered an additional nickel McGivern Special and it turned out the serial number was my birthday. I take that as a message from GOD that I must purchase the firearm

So I did

 

[Inkgardener]

My 15-4 hanging out with the 28-2.

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[Hawg Rider]

I only own one Combat Masterpiece. It's been shown several times before, but you asked for it! We inherited this from my wife's grandfather...a Calif. LEO and Chief of Detectives. It's a 15-2, one of the first released to civilians after the demise of the Model 56.

 

[stonebuster]

I found this Model 15-2 with matching diamond magna grips in a hidden corner of a shelf in my LGS a few years ago.

 

[Inkgardener]

I found this Model 15-2 with matching diamond magnas in a hidden corner of a shelf in my LGS a few years ago.

What are matching diamond magnas?


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[Jcon72]

What are matching diamond magnas?


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Magna-style stocks (grips) with the diamond centers and which are serial-number-matched to the gun.

 

[Truckman]

What are matching diamond magnas?

Magna was the name given to the standard stocks as shipped on most Combat Masterpieces as shown in Stonebuster's pics...Diamond refers to the shape around the escutcheons in the grips...Matching means they are serially numbered to the frame on the inside of the right panel......Ben

 

[71vette]

Took the 2” to the range (with some others) today to test after installing a Wilson spring kit. Ran without a hitch of course, and my groups at 10 yards with some home rolled 148 DEWCs were no slouch.

Yes, there’s six there…..

 

[DETROIT]

1953 K38 with later PC Magnas, she was definitely carried often!

 

[silicosys4]

Bob,
I am a huge fan of the McGivern Special. I did not originally include photos of mine because of the 6 inch barrel. After all Ed McGivern's revolvers of the 1930s were all called K-38 masterpieces, but these are Model 15s so here a few images

I love the combination of old world nostalgic style combined with modern manufacturing techniques

I think the nickel Smith & Wesson was using at this tine is about the best I gave seen

​

These were offered in blue, nickel, and color case hardened finishes. I think all three look great but admit to some extra fondness for the color case hardened frames

​

While it was not functional or necessary I do like that the Heritage Series added back that 4th side plate screw. I think it adds to the nostalgic look. I am happy that Smith and Wesson has decided to continue with that 4th screw

The heritage series also included a combat masterpiece variant that is of the more traditional styling. I don't know if any of these were blued or nickeled, but the one I have is CCH'd by Turnbull and comes in the heritage box so it's definitely part of the series.



My "shooter" M15 is a factory renickeled 15-2 that I added combat grips to.



most recently I purchased this 18-2, here are the online pictures, still waiting for it to arrive



And this beater M67 no dash, out of a box of Loomis K frame tradeins

 

[Shotguncoach]

15-2 and 15-3 at the range this morning....

 

[sbrmike]

Wow! There are some special revolvers in this thread! Those engraved models are something special. The case colored ones are some nice looking specimens. Here are my two, a 1951 22 Target Masterpiece converted to a Combat Masterpiece by me and my trusty model 66-1. They just feel right to me. The 22 is fast becoming my very favorite handgun.

 

[colt_saa]

The heritage series also included a combat masterpiece variant that is of the more traditional styling. I don't know if any of these were blued or nickeled, but the one I have is CCH'd by Turnbull and comes in the heritage box so it's definitely part of the series.

Even though these shipped in the leftover gold colored Heritage series boxes this is not a Heritage series revolver

The most obvious difference between this model 15 and Heritage Series Firearms is if you look at the side plate on the Heritage revolvers you will see that the upper side plate screw has been added back to the firearm

That did not occur with this 4 inch model 15, SKU 178009, because it was not part of the Heritage series

Very few of my 4" Combat Masterpieces are photographed but there is one that is I think is exceptional

This is one of a very small number of round butt revolvers that Doug Turnbull took and added his color case hardening finish to the frames. These are product code 178009 and initially used a serial prefix CSC. I can not find my notes on how many were ordered

I think his work makes a good looking Smith and Wesson look Great

The Performance Center also had 1,000 of the same round butt model 15s placed with the same configuration but in nickel finish. These are product code 178008 and initially used a serial prefix NSC

 

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