I love the S&W Military and Police 44 Special revolvers from the early 50's. The whole concept of a fixed sight big bore with a 4" tube is to me the high water mark of revolver design and function. I had Bowen build me an entire set of what I thought a modern version of that gun should look like. In the pictures below you'll see the 44 Special built on a Model 520, in the middle a 41 Magnum on of course a Model 58 and at the bottom a 45 S&W built on a Model 520. In each case I used a factory barrel to make the conversion, from a Model 29, a Model 57 and a Model 1955 respectively. The shorter 520 cylinders are perfect for the 44 Special and the 45 S&W since they are much shorter than either the 45 Colt of the 41 Magnum. All have the ejector rod lug and exactly the same internal and external modifications. I asked Bowen to make them look as much like factory guns as possible and I think he hit me a home run on that alone.
Keith