J-Frame Model 38 Humpback

Love your new revolver.I bought my first humpback a blue model 38 from a retired deputy from northern MI.He told me it had been his partners who kept it in a jacket pocket and always approached a vehicle with his hand on pocket.I gave it to my teenage daughter to go along with her German shepherd.At that time almost 30 years ago I worked a lot of nights and was a single parent.I replaced it with a 638 that I still carry.
 
For the longest time I couldn't find a Model 38 in California. Then stumbled across a few of them all at once. This is a Michigan State Trooper type from about 1965 IIRC - stainless cylinder is as factory, not a "pinto" type in classic sense.

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Dave, mine’s not as purdy as a nickel model but very handy in the AZ Summer heat!
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S&W Model 38 • shipped Oct. ’72
-BTW - I was a former director of WAC, pre 2001
 
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