Lets play a game! Name that hand gun.
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That looks more like a model 14, don't know about the pin under the rear sight..
I'll give up on this one
Close, but the M30 is a 6 shooter....
Nope. Not a J frame
Nope and nope
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Hmmm, if it’s an I-frame, it must be for a .32 Long cartridge. That would be a model going as far back as the late 1890s, Before S&W assigned any model numbers to their revolvers.
So if it’s an I-frame, I would now say it’s simply known as the .32 hand ejector.
So if it’s an I-frame, I would now say it’s simply known as the .32 hand ejector.
As per the INTERNET and my earlier post I am pretty sure it is a model 32-1
I frame? check
5 shot? check
pinned barrel? check
flat cylinder release? check
ht tps://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/2053/159/smith-wesson-model-321-terrier-double-action-revolver
I frame? check
5 shot? check
pinned barrel? check
flat cylinder release? check
ht tps://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/2053/159/smith-wesson-model-321-terrier-double-action-revolver
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But it's a flat-latch, making it post-war. 1952-57, or something like that. My guess is the .38 Regulation Police.
It is a M33-1 in 38S&W.
The I frames were 6 shots in 22 and 32. You can tell by the cylinder flutes that it is a 5 shot. Hence 38S&W.
Also, you can see that the barrel stub passes thru the frame and the cylinder appears to be short. Short because it is a 38S&W.
HOWEVER I got it wrong. I reached into the S&W bin and came out with the wrong M33.
I meant to post the M33, which is a 38S&W on an I frame. The top one.
The short cylinder opening in an I frame was well-suited to a 38S&W. But was a tad too short for a 38Spl cylinder, so S&W made the opening a bit bigger (about 40 thou) and called it the J frame. After the J frame was made, the M33 was still offered in 38S&W, but in the J frame, called the M33-1. That is the one I posted for ID. I later hinted it was an I frame, but that was wrong.
The old gun posted at #21 is an I frame 22. It was the first 22 they made on a 32 frame. This heavier frame 22 was an excellent target revolver and the forerunner of the K22.
The I frames were 6 shots in 22 and 32. You can tell by the cylinder flutes that it is a 5 shot. Hence 38S&W.
Also, you can see that the barrel stub passes thru the frame and the cylinder appears to be short. Short because it is a 38S&W.
HOWEVER I got it wrong. I reached into the S&W bin and came out with the wrong M33.
I meant to post the M33, which is a 38S&W on an I frame. The top one.
The short cylinder opening in an I frame was well-suited to a 38S&W. But was a tad too short for a 38Spl cylinder, so S&W made the opening a bit bigger (about 40 thou) and called it the J frame. After the J frame was made, the M33 was still offered in 38S&W, but in the J frame, called the M33-1. That is the one I posted for ID. I later hinted it was an I frame, but that was wrong.
The old gun posted at #21 is an I frame 22. It was the first 22 they made on a 32 frame. This heavier frame 22 was an excellent target revolver and the forerunner of the K22.
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