Sad mod to a 38/44 HD

[jjbrewst1]

Somebody messed with mine too.....

Alex.

You should just sell it cheap to Me then. Nobody else is going to want those Silly Modifications.

Right???

 

[hkcavalier]

I completely agree that someone doing that now (or in the last 40 years) is pretty stupid.

But I can understand back in the day...if you had a 38/44 and wanted to shoot that noofangled .357 Man-Gum it would have been something to consider...

 

[pdcrig]

From Lee a couple of years ago. It is a transitional model with a light speckling in places, but it HAD BEEN REAMED for .357 also. This was a fairly common practice back in the day. You couldn't see it. You only knew because the 357 round went in.
These guns can handle it. It was cheaper than buyin' an RM or a pre 27, plus they're fixed sighted. I was gonna buy one & ream it myself when I saw Lee had this one on his sight for sale. He informed me right away, sent numerous pics of the gun. I told him the fact that it was reamed was why I wanted it. It was gonna save me time.

I SAY "BLAST AWAY" YOU CAN'T HURT IT, when done right. The boogered cylinder, I would look for another There may still be one for sale on GB in the revolver parts section.

Ned

That's exactly what I'd be looking for. Except not reamed. Very nice!

 

[JSW]

It was a very common modification on 38/44s, especially before WWII when .357 Mags were so expensive. I wouldn't be surprised if 25% of all pre-war HDs had that modification.