SMITH & WESSON VINTAGE K38 TARGET MASTERPIECE, 5 SCREW, ORIGINAL BOX, PINNENED 6" BARREL.
Description:
1951 Vintage Boxed 5-Screw Smith & Wesson K-38 Target Masterpiece Revolver***
ITEM DISCRIPTION: Here for /sale-- This "Highly Sought and Desirable", 1951 Smith & Wesson, 5 screw K-38 Target Masterpiece, An original S&W box, 38spl., pinned 6 inch barrell, Double action revolver, still owned by the original family.
Features: Built on a 5-screw Square Butt K-frame. Serial number K 138-613, manufactured in 1951, and sold to my father in 1954. A high gloss deep blue original finish with strong appealing case colors. A pinned 6 inch barrel with a wide full length top rib with 10 grooves, In true target configuration, a ramped a 1/8-inch Semi-Partridge front post, with an adjustable Micro-Click .146 black square notch rear sight. A grooved .265 target trigger with a checkered .375 target hammer. Matching to Gun's numbers, are checkered Diamond Walnut stocks with silver S&W medallions.
This item also comes complete with the originaL blue two piece box with the original label, A Hoppe's 38 caliber pistol cleaning kit, A leather Sheepskin lined carry bag, A 1950's K38 Revolver parts list with their cost. And from the ORIGINAL 1955 Smith & Wesson Advertisement from the "American Rifleman" magazine showing that in 1954 an American, Torsen Ullman, using a MODEL K-38 TARGET MASTERPIECE, set a new world record score of 586 out of a possible 600 while winning the World Championship in Caracas Venazuala, the gun's only Special Feature was to change the grips to custom made stocks with a thumb rest. These were similar to the plastic target ones included in this .
ITEM CONDITION: I would actually say, "Perfect", PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES!!
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Handgun Caliber: .380 Revolver
Manufacturer:
Smith & Wesson
Model:
k38
Serial Number:
K 138-613
Barrel Length:
6
inch's
Chambers:
6
Condition:
Excellent
Metal Condition:
Excellent
Wood Condition:
Excellent
Bore Condition:
Excellent
Barrel Type:
Pinnened
Action:
Double
Triggers:
Grooved .268
Rib:
.25 inch ribbed 10 grooved
Finish:
Blued
Sights:
Semi -Partridch
Manufacture Date:
January 1,1951