38/44 Heavy duty

[83jeep]

Have a couple of heavy duty's, thought I would show. First one is serial number s100321 the second 37951

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[Art Doc]

Nice. I really like that post-war OD.

 

[DCWilson]

Nice ones!

Actually the top gun in both photos is a .38/44 Outdoorsman because it has adjustable sights. The Heavy Duty was the fixed sight model.

In case you didn't know, the OD is from the early 1950s and the HD from the mid 1930s.

Is that an engraved name on the HD sideplate? If you can trace if you may be able to identify the original owners.

 

[Stirling]

Very nice. I find the cartridge very interesting too. 83jeep, maybe you tell us why you like it and what benefits you see in the cartridge. I bet you won't find much in the way of factory ammo.

 

[MKT]

Stirling,

I think you may be confusing the Model name with a cartridge, both of these guns are chambered for .38 Special. The Model is 38/44 signifying a .38 caliber gun on a .44 caliber (large) frame.

 

[P&R Fan]

Stirling,

I think you may be confusing the Model name with a cartridge, both of these guns are chambered for .38 Special. The Model is 38/44 signifying a .38 caliber gun on a .44 caliber (large) frame.

You are right that it's a .38 Special, but there were .38/44 cartridges. I believe they had a large pistol primer and were basically the +P+ loads of the day. I've never seen one, but I believe they were headstamped .38/44.
Jim

 

[MKT]

You are correct as well P&R Fan. My original response touched on that but I deleted that portion and stuck to the explanation of the model name.

Comparing the .38-44 cartridge to the 38/44 name can get somewhat confusing with periods, dashes and/or slashes, can't it?

 

[Poohgyrr]

I believe the 38/44 loads survive today - in the form of many currently common 357 Magnum loads. Some factories & hand loaders still load the original Magnums - but you still have great wheelguns!

 

[P&R Fan]

You are correct as well P&R Fan. My original response touched on that but I deleted that portion and stuck to the explanation of the model name.

Comparing the .38-44 cartridge to the 38/44 name can get somewhat confusing with periods, dashes and/or slashes, can't it?

Yep, but that's why we're all here. To dispense our vast amount of S&W knowledge.
Jim

 

[STCM(SW)]

38/44 load of 1930's - 1150FPS with a 158 gr lead bullet.
A dup for that is 12.5 gr of 2400 with the same bullet I mold or Berry's.
I shoot that load out of my HD & several other .38's but the HD is the only one I would use more then the others. It will shake up smaller revolvers.

 

[shawn mccarver]

Have a couple of heavy duty's, thought I would show. First one is serial number s100321 the second 37951

Very nice, although the top one was called the Outdoorsman (adjustable sights) while the bottom one was called the Heavy Duty (fixed sights). Good show!

 

[83jeep]

Thanks for the comments, the name on the HD is Wm E Knight I have research it and came up empty.

 

[j38]

What a nice brace of 38/44s! Thanks for showing them, ... and enjoy shooting them.

Jerry