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09-19-2018, 06:20 PM
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TRANSITIONAL 38/44s
I just picked up the transitional 38/44 Outdoorsman (all original) to go with my transitional 38/44 Heavy Duty.
I had the Heavy Duty up for sale here a couple weeks ago, but thank God nobody wanted it.
It's nice to pull them from the safe occasionally and give them some loving. 
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09-19-2018, 07:30 PM
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Please pardon my ignorance here, I'm new to 38/44 ownership.
What is a "Transitional"?
Mine is a 1941 Outdoorsman.
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09-19-2018, 07:34 PM
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I picked up a trans OD from a forum member a couple months ago.
It has a King cockeyed hammer and was converted to short action.
The gun below it is your garden variety prewar OD
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09-19-2018, 08:14 PM
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The ribbed barrel and the long action hammer! It must be a hint of Registered Magnum. Love it!
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09-19-2018, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by rocknroad
Please pardon my ignorance here, I'm new to 38/44 ownership.
What is a "Transitional"?
Mine is a 1941 Outdoorsman.
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After WW II commercial revolver production restarted with revolvers having some pre-war features (separate ejector rod end, etc.) and some newer ones (new-style hammer block), thus the "Transitional" label from collectors.
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09-19-2018, 08:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rocknroad
Please pardon my ignorance here, I'm new to 38/44 ownership.
What is a "Transitional"?
Mine is a 1941 Outdoorsman.
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The guns after the war that continued to have long actions, but had S prefixes are referred to informally as "transitional" because they had both pre war and post war characteristics.
There's more details and not everybody agrees it's a good moniker, but in short, if the hammer is of the pre way style, and there is an S prefix in the serial number, it's transitional.
The term is used for both N frame guns and M&P k frames.
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09-19-2018, 10:28 PM
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Nice set of transitionals!
Richard
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09-19-2018, 10:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beagleye
The guns after the war that continued to have long actions, but had S prefixes are referred to informally as "transitional" because they had both pre war and post war characteristics.
There's more details and not everybody agrees it's a good moniker, but in short, if the hammer is of the pre way style, and there is an S prefix in the serial number, it's transitional.
The term is used for both N frame guns and M&P k frames.
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Thanks for the explanation. That's why I enjoy this forum...always educational.
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