Smith & Wesson model 14-4

[da gimp]

I've got a daam short list of brothers that I'll let use my gear.......... but by the same token, I'll use their reloads & always feel safe...........

[SUB VET II]

Can anyone give a guestimate as to the value of the one described.

[PKelly]

Can anyone give a guestimate as to the value of the one described.

I paid six hundred for this 14-3 a few years ago.

[da gimp]

ya done good kelly.......... that is a very pretty, & from what I see a near mint pistol. Congrats sir.

[RCS]

I bought this a long time ago for $85 at a gunshow, single action with 8 3/8 inch barrel and four screw. Always very accurate with target loads.

Not until the last few years did I find out it had been sort of faked !

Anyone know why it is "sort of faked ?"

[da gimp]

RCS, dbl action notch removed from hammer or the front sight? the grips are rare.......how does it letter?

[RCS]

gimp, you are close, they (S&W) never made a single action K-38 with the 8 3/8 inch barrel. Someone did the conversion years ago, the grips were custom made around late 50's. Hammer is also early but not as rare as the registered 357 humpback hammers

[jjrothWA]

to clear some J-frames for +P use.

Basic cut-off is: 1992 or later for any S&W.

So no +P for your 14-4.

Look nice, like mine!, which goes to range once a qurater and ploop "Mid-range target" loads into the X!

[Art]

+P ammo started being commercially loaded as early as the mid 1970s at least by Winchester. I carried both the old Winchester 158gr +P Semi Wadcutters in my 2" bbl S&W Model 15 as early as 1976 and later the hollow point version of that round known originally as the "SPD" (St Louis Police Dept. also known as the "F.B.I. load or Chicago load) in "K" frame .38s for many years, especially my Model 15s. The word from the Winnie people was that it was ok in any .38 Special steel frame revolver, though they recommended moderation in small frame steel snubbies. so for about 20 years after the introduction of +P .38 Special loads there were no actual +P rated revolvers that I knew of.

[Devil Dog]

I called S & W a few years ago regarding shooting +P's in my 14-3.
I was told that a few +P's were okay, but not to make a habit of them. I got the impression that the gun was safe for +P's but too many would loosen things up too much.