" The Smith & Wesson Model 15, initially the Smith & Wesson K-38 Combat Masterpiece, is a six-shot double-action revolver with adjustable open sights produced by Smith & Wesson on the medium-size "K" frame. It is chambered for the .38 Special cartridge and is fitted with a 4-inch (100 mm) barrel, though additional barrel options have been offered at various times during its production. It is essentially a shorter barrel version of the Smith & Wesson Model 14 and an adjustable-sight version of the seminal Smith & Wesson Model 10 with target shooting features."
"Over the years, the Model 15 has been produced with several barrel lengths, with 4-inch (standard) and 2-inch (1964–1988) being the most common. In 1972, S&W produced a stainless steel version of the Model 15 which it termed the Model 67."
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 67-5 ("Carry Comp"):
Model 67 Combat Masterpiece (2008):
"The 67 is the stainless steel descendant of the Model 15, which was a sister of the Model 10, but with target sights (The 64 is the stainless version of the Model 10). Both the 15 and 67 are referred to as the "Combat Masterpiece," while the 19 and 66 are called the "Combat Magnum." The 15 had served countless police departments over the course of several decades, and it was standard issue in the Air Force until the mid 1980s. There was also a Model 68, which was a Model 66 modified to shoot only .38 Special, which basically made it the same as the Model 67, but with a 6-inch barrel. Except the 68 had a shrouded ejector, unlike the 67."
"After World War II, the FBI took a great interest in the K-Frames. The 6″ model was a great gun, but the barrel length was a bit unwieldy for carry. A 4″ model was introduced as the Combat Masterpiece, and when S&W went to numbering their models in 1958, it became the Model 15.
Soon after, the barrel profile was made straighter and heavier, and a shroud was placed under the ejector rod. S&W had been steadily improving the strength of their internals, and in time, the K-Frame platform would be able to handle the .357 Magnum, one of the defining cartridges of the 20th Century."
Soon after, the barrel profile was made straighter and heavier, and a shroud was placed under the ejector rod. S&W had been steadily improving the strength of their internals, and in time, the K-Frame platform would be able to handle the .357 Magnum, one of the defining cartridges of the 20th Century."
This is a .38 Special revolver, and that's all it is. At that, it excels. It's plenty strong (any numbered model Smith can handle +P ammo), but it doesn't need to be so strong as to take Magnum loads, so it doesn't need the heavy barrel. As such, it's a bit lighter and handier than other K-Frames, but it's still got enough heft to make recoil negligible. Like all K-Frames, it has marvelous sights and a smooth trigger."
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