Got me a S&W .32 long hand ejector from the early 50's. Very accurate and in excellent shape. Dad had it locked away in a filing cabinet forever and had forgotten about it. Sweet little revolver. Pic compared to my .357 and cartridge compared to a .38. Anyone have any knowledge of these?, Dad said he bought it in the early 50's brand new for under 60 bucks for a night stand gun but just used his old .38 instead.
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Is it a Model 30? or other?
lots of police used to carry a .32 long which later moved into a .38 special & .357 mag's for defense purposes. It might have actually been the 50's when they started to transition over to the .38/.357 as well, but I do k=not really know what that occurred.
Colt made a bunch of them but S&W did very well for there model. Some of them old .32's were fetching a pretty penny @ one time if they were in Pristine condition.
Yep it's a model 30, thanks for the info. Sounds like a interesting history on the 32 longs.
Mark Welch Bossier Parish,LA. "Sportsman's Paradise"
'90 PROCroft 180, Mercury 150 xr4
'03 WaterMoccasin pirogue 54lb. MotorGuide
That pistol is based on the Original Smith & Wesson 1903 That evolved into the Model 30 . Those are definitely neat & Nostalgic in there own manner.
I think the J frame (Model 36) that came out later in the 50's is what replaced it. I remember the older "Chief's Special" as a gun to have, but later lost it's luster to a lot of the Semi-Auto's. Hence the CZ75 was born in the 70's.
It's definitely kewl to follow the History of some of these older Service weapons.
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