Originally Posted by local_dirt
Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Originally Posted by mart
Here’s my 38 Special. A gun show find this spring. I have a few 357s that see ten times as much 38 Special ammo as 357 shot through them. This is my only dedicated 38 Special. I’ve not had a chance to shoot it much yet.

Sweet.
Very nice.

Very cool as a collector's item but, practically speaking, it's an N-Frame .38 Special. Same with the Heavy Duty. The Outdoorsman was the precursor to the Model 27, but then the Model 27 is even questionable from a practical perspective in light of the existence of the Model 19, the Model 57, and the Model 29. But as a very nice piece of history, I'd love to own either an Outdoorsman or a Heavy Duty.