.38 Special. The ".38-44 Outdoorsman" was the model name of this N-frame revolver before the 1957 designation change. Simply Model 20, with adjustable sights. Introduced in 1931, as a heavy-duty sporting handgun with hunters in mind. S&W produced 4,761 of these pre-war revolvers. Features 6.5-in. barrel. Blued finish. First S&W to have the new checkered walnut "Magna" grips. After 1949, this revolver was thoroughly modernized and had the later ribbed barrel. A total of 8,365 manufactured before it was discontinued in 1966; 6,039 were of the modernized configuration. Numbered model specimens are scarcer than pre-Model Outdoorsmen. Two engineering changes.