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**Mike Irwin** · February 5, 2024, 11:35 AM

" but I don't know if that specifically applies to the .38/44's and/or the later Models 20 and 23. If we assume that the .38/44's did not have recessed chambers like the .357 N-Frames, then depth of the counterbore at approximately 0.055 would account for the difference in length between the two."

As far as I know no, the HDs were never recessed.

February 5, 2024, 11:35 AM	#69
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,413	" but I don't know if that specifically applies to the .38/44's and/or the later Models 20 and 23. If we assume that the .38/44's did not have recessed chambers like the .357 N-Frames, then depth of the counterbore at approximately 0.055 would account for the difference in length between the two." As far as I know no, the HDs were never recessed. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.