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bamaranger · July 17, 2012, 06:07 AM

I can recall about 15years ago an acquaintance came back from a show and claimed to have seen a fix sighted, N-frame revolver in .44 mag. I felt certain that he had seen a model 58 in .41 mag.

Was surfing gun broker today and there is a stainless, fixed sighted .44 mag listed as a model 58. It's suspicious in that the barrel/ejector rod is shorouded, not exposed like a MOdel 58/.41 typically would be.

So was there a limited production run of hybrid 58/.44's, or are these sightings the result of some custom gunsmithing?

July 17, 2012, 06:07 AM	#1
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,312	S&W model 58 in .44 mag? I can recall about 15years ago an acquaintance came back from a show and claimed to have seen a fix sighted, N-frame revolver in .44 mag. I felt certain that he had seen a model 58 in .41 mag. Was surfing gun broker today and there is a stainless, fixed sighted .44 mag listed as a model 58. It's suspicious in that the barrel/ejector rod is shorouded, not exposed like a MOdel 58/.41 typically would be. So was there a limited production run of hybrid 58/.44's, or are these sightings the result of some custom gunsmithing?