Joe, I found that one in a shop in Tyler across from the Smith County jail. Don't know the history behind it...would like to know the backstory though. Seems odd to modify a .38/44 like that when a Combat Masterpiece or Highway Patrolman would've been just as easy to come by.

I was looking for a 4" 19 or 66 at the time. Saw it in the case and thought it was a 4" 28. Maybe I'll get lucky one of these days. The trip before I went out looking for a 4" .357 and came home with a 4" 15-3. No photos of that one. Similarly set up for service use. The trigger stop was gone and the rear sight blade was rounded off, like the 19 in Jordan's "No Second Place Winner." Oddly other target features were retained. Wide target hammer, serrated target trigger, and smooth "football" target grips.