38/44s before 1950 (and some after 1950) were called Transition Heavy Duties. I have not seen a short action HD below S77000 range. Short action HDs were Model of 1950 Heavy Duty. I do believe that I've seen some gold boxes with the designation of Model of 1926 on it. I"ll see what I can find.

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