Erich, I know your references were to the testing Elmer Keith did, and not anything directly from S&W. It seems strange to me that S&W would approve of .38-44 in J frames since by the time they were introduced (1950) the .38-44 was a already a dinosaur, because of the .357 Magnum. The quote above I was referring to was made by 38-44HD45, and I was just hoping to see an old ad or something from the factory to confirm what he said. Guess I'm out of luck in that regard.