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Originally Posted by 29aholic
I am pretty sure that is a cut down 8 3/8" gun as far forward as the lettering is. IIRC 4's 5's and 6.5's all had the lettering in the same place. It was moved forward on the longer ones
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I'm sure it was a cut down 6 1/2 inch barrel from a small run of roll stamp errors called by some collectors as "forward roll stamped barrels". (somebody messed up one day)
I've seen estimates of 100-150 of these barrels. They were roll stamped with the logo and caliber center between the muzzle and forward edge of the frame.
Forward Roll Markings-44 Magnum