Peter M. Eick
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SaxonPig started a great thread on the old 38/44 round and duplicating the old standard loads. With that in mind, I could not resist starting a 38/44 picture thread.
So!!!!!
Our guest of honor!
Two of the oldest known 38/44's in existence. The bottom one is the lowest found serial number (only one lower out there) and the top one is a first weeks production.
Here are some old long action 38/44's.
Here are the 3 common barrel lengths in the long action format. The 4" and 6.5" pre-war are reasonably to quite rare. I vaguely remember reading that there are 24 known 4" prewars made, but I could be wrong on that. The 6.5" prewar is also pretty rare.
Here is my collection as it stands today.
This is 50 shots, of hot 38/44's at 15 yards offhand in a 1939 customized target Heavy Duty.
This is a 1950 Outdoorsman with 50 shots of hot 38/44's at 15 yards offhand.
This is an April 1930 Heavy Duty with 50 shots of hot 38/44's at 15 yards offhand.
One of the neat features of the pre-wars is the hold open latch that keeps the cylinder open so you can do things like this and not have it slam shut. Try that with a modern revolver! (by the way, it is a 1939 Registered Magnum)
Never let it be said that the 38/44 was not an accurate powerful round, and fun to shoot!
So!!!!!
Our guest of honor!
Two of the oldest known 38/44's in existence. The bottom one is the lowest found serial number (only one lower out there) and the top one is a first weeks production.
Here are some old long action 38/44's.
Here are the 3 common barrel lengths in the long action format. The 4" and 6.5" pre-war are reasonably to quite rare. I vaguely remember reading that there are 24 known 4" prewars made, but I could be wrong on that. The 6.5" prewar is also pretty rare.
Here is my collection as it stands today.
This is 50 shots, of hot 38/44's at 15 yards offhand in a 1939 customized target Heavy Duty.
This is a 1950 Outdoorsman with 50 shots of hot 38/44's at 15 yards offhand.
This is an April 1930 Heavy Duty with 50 shots of hot 38/44's at 15 yards offhand.
One of the neat features of the pre-wars is the hold open latch that keeps the cylinder open so you can do things like this and not have it slam shut. Try that with a modern revolver! (by the way, it is a 1939 Registered Magnum)
Never let it be said that the 38/44 was not an accurate powerful round, and fun to shoot!