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Recently inherited a S&W, chrome plated, 2inch barrel revolver in 32 long. Can not do pics but hoping someone can tell me just what it is.
ON right hand side toward the front it is marked
Made in USA marcas registradas Smith & Wesson Springfield, Mass
Right side of barrel says .32 S. & W. Long Left side says Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson trade mark on left side under the cylinder release..
What I assume to be S&W logos on both sides of grips with one screw toward the bottom of the grip.
Know this is probably dead simple for you guys but my knowledge is very limited. Thanks for your help.
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May be a model number inside the crane cut out on the frame; open the cylinder and take a look.
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You da man! Mod 30-1. thanks. Also several other marks down there. 5 digit number, different from the serial number. Also a mark very much like a heart, one like an arrowhead pointed down and another slightly different arrowhead like mark pointing up?
Thanks again for the help.
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The odd marks are proof and inspector markings.
Steelhead just bought a 4" Model 30, I believe. Very nice little pistols. A 2" with soft lead HPs loaded properly would be a very good house/desk gun, especially if you happen to have an elderly person with weakened hands that needs some home protection.
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Plan is for my wife, 5 foot nothing with small hands to use it. But I do like the looks of it too! Bet it goes to the range a time or two with me. Thanks again for your help. It is sincerely appreciated.
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It will shoot well, and she will like it. The recoil is very light and they are generally quite accurate (even with a 2" barrel).
The Sierra 90 grain JHP is a good bullet for the .32 Long, as would be the 60 grain Speer GoldDots.
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Buffalo Bore makes some hot ammo for it.
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The odd marks are proof and inspector markings.
Steelhead just bought a 4" Model 30, I believe. Very nice little pistols. A 2" with soft lead HPs loaded properly would be a very good house/desk gun, especially if you happen to have an elderly person with weakened hands that needs some home protection. back in the early eighties, I gave a G/F a Smith .32 pistol. She used it to dispatch a serial rapist that targeted gals in the Parking lot of the State Farm office in Jax. Yeah, they can be effective. Killed that fellow graveyard dead.
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I've got one too, except mine is so old it's called a Hand Ejector Model. Fun to shoot.
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I've got one too, except mine is so old it's called a Hand Ejector Model. Fun to shoot. Nice!
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Thanks. These are cool old guns. Mine was made on the I-Frame, but the later models were made on the J-Frame so they could handle the much more powerful .38 Special.
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I have a 31-1 with a 4" barrel. The difference between the 30 and 31 is the butt. 30 is round, 31 is square.
The 32 S&W long (Colt Police Positive) is what Charles Bronson used in Death Wish.....
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She is gonna love it, my wife made my regulation Police, the 30's predecessor, HERS!
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I think she will love it too. If she can get it away from me! :-)
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Those are very nice little handguns; this is my 30-1, 3" barrel wearing Badger walnut grips. Also have the matching original grips; believe it dates to 1969 if I remember correctly.
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I got one too...I would NOT shoot any hot Buffalo Bore ammo in it though
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Those are very nice little handguns; this is my 30-1, 3" barrel wearing Badger walnut grips. Also have the matching original grips; believe it dates to 1969 if I remember correctly. Wow.
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This is the one I just bought on the 'Fire. Think I'll find a 2" round butt model next.
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They was a good buy Steelhead, I almost went for it and would certainly have done so if I did not already have the one above.
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Took it out and shot it this weekend and it is an accurate little gun. Hitting coke cans from 7 yards, which I consider quite good with old eyes, shaky hands and a short barrel. Action was a little too stiff for my wife. She struggled to get it cocked and/or shot double action. Will have to look into getting that fixed.
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