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04-28-2010, 04:55 PM
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Bill,
Looks like a sound and wise investment, despite the stocks not being correct.
As for the hole, it was used for one of the jigs during manufacturing/assembly. There were a couple of threads in the SWCA section about it.
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04-28-2010, 05:10 PM
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Nice piece/nice deal! I was reading about them this morning in SCSW. A fixed-sight N-frame; how cool is that?!
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04-28-2010, 05:34 PM
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Thanks SASABERANGER and Engine18.
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04-28-2010, 06:20 PM
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Great catch. I would have been on that one like a hounddog on a ham bone at first sight. Once you shoot it I think you will become a member of the 38/44 club. These guns are awsome, I now have 4 and on the quest for more. You were lucky to get the right style grips. Three of my 4 had after market plastic grips and only one had the correct ones number to the gun. There are several forum members that can make those grips like new. Later!
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04-28-2010, 06:34 PM
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Bill,
That gun is easily worth $550 in my opinion too; that was a good buying decision. HDs are great revolvers. I have two Prewar models and one postwar transitional. I am likely to have more; I am always on the lookout for an Austin PD gun with C&R status so it can come into California if I can't find one here.
Based on the serial number, your gun probably shipped in 1952 or 1953.
The number on the stocks would indicate they could have been on an N-frame shipped as early as the first half of 1966 -- or a little later if the gun they were mounted on sat in inventory for a while.
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Bill,
I think you did real well as it is a grat looking HD! It should be a good shooter too. I always take a .357 mag and drop in a chamber to see if it has been bored out-I have a couple that have. I thought Dave was looking for a pre war gun, all original in a Blue Picture Box!
Thanks for posting the pics and be sure to let us know how it shoots for you.
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A good old gun at a good price. Congrats!
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Originally Posted by 1Aspenhill
I thought Dave was looking for a pre war gun, all original in a Blue Picture Box!
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I'll take one of those too, if you have a spare.
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04-28-2010, 08:28 PM
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Nice catch Bill. Saw that gun and had no interest. Glad you ended up with it. He also had a pre-24, 61/2" bbl for 1500.00 - Nice. Let us know how it shoots, Larry.
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Very nice catch, Bill! I think you did very well as far as price is concerned. I agree with delta-419, "Once you shoot it..." HD's are definitely addicting.
Congrats,
Jerry
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04-29-2010, 09:49 PM
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i also looked at it at the medina show.went to berea show and was going to check it out closer and remove grips.if you hadn't got it i probably would have bought it.it seems like a nice deal,congrats curt.
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Took the gun to the range this afternoon and it did okay. I was shooting a 158 grn swc powered by 4.7 grns of HP38. The gun gave me a nice group, 4 to 5 inches, just below the bull at 25 yards, so I tried "Kentucky windage", but didn't do so well with that. I've ordered a Wondersight for it, and will try again once I get that installed.
I'm going to have to experiment with some other loads as well.
I am happy with it though. Now to find a Model of 1950 Outdoorsman.
Bill
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