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I like the Hornady 90 grain hollow base wadcutters over 2 grains of Bullseye in my .32 long revolvers,...very accurate and they'll punch completely through a pine 2X4 and keep going.

The old "I" frame S&W .32's are getting hard to find in good condition, but they're worth having if you can pick one up at a decent price. They're smaller than a J frame and look almost exactly like a scaled down 5" Model 10 when they have a 4.25" barrel.

I've got a couple of them like that and they're a lot of fun.

5" Model 10 top, 4.25" "I" frame .32 long bottom.

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Nice pair of pistols Bristoe, I may buy that model 30, also betting the hardcast bullets Steelhead mentioned will be descent penetrators too, would be fun building a load to shoot to the sights.


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Makes me think I should go back to where I found that M38 I just got and get the 31-1 snubbie they had as well.

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Originally Posted by RWE
Makes me think I should go back to where I found that M38 I just got and get the 31-1 snubbie they had as well.


Go back and grab it RWE, it's your birthday FCOL, especially if it's clean and 500 bucks or less.


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oh its clean and less.

If they didn't have that airweight humpback sitting next to it, the 31 would have been going home with me.

I don't know what's happened, but I've become a snubbie-o-phile in my old age...

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This is a bad ass I Frame Smith in 38 S&W

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LOL, a snubbie in a coat pocket is still a very handy alternative, our buddy CrimsonTide enlightened me on that last winter.


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That is a pretty sombitch Steel, S&W did most certainly get the cylinder release right, much better than my Colt, shouldn't have to pull back to release, banging forward has to be quicker.


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I want to pick up a 2" I frame in 38 S&W


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I can see why, your earlier post is the first I've heard of an I frame, be glad to ask all the store owners about I frames on later visits if you want.


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Originally Posted by gunner500
I can see why, your earlier post is the first I've heard of an I frame, be glad to ask all the store owners about I frames on later visits if you want.


With the I-frame being mentioned, just to be clear the 30-1 is a J-frame. The "-1" being the change that switched to the J-frame.


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These 2, one Smith and one Colt, both .32 longs, are closing in on the 100 year old mark. It's easy to find enough room for both of them and enough wadcutters to keep them shooting for a while in a pair of overalls.

They're just "fun" guns,...something to walk around and plink with. Not much noise,..not much recoil, but they're very accurate and will send a soup can winding.

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I'm late to the show on this one, but I'm thinking you would enjoy the little fella. I gave a 3 inch model 30 or 31, I can't remember which to my Dad. I load a bag of Hodgdon lead HBWC's for him to piddle with. About once a year he brings the empties back for me to re build for him.



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I put some .32's together with 100 grain Hornady XTP's lately. I've got a bunch around for loading the 7.62X25 so I thought I'd use shoot some of them through the little revolvers. I doubt that they're going fast enough to give much expansion, (I'm hesitant to hot rod these tiny 100 year old revolvers) but at least they look like a nasty load.

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My contribution to the .32's



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EQFD193: Now that is a DANDY little Smith!
Good for you on that one.
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Thanks VG...I could not pass it up and from what I see not fired much.


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Originally Posted by JOG
Originally Posted by gunner500
I can see why, your earlier post is the first I've heard of an I frame, be glad to ask all the store owners about I frames on later visits if you want.


With the I-frame being mentioned, just to be clear the 30-1 is a J-frame. The "-1" being the change that switched to the J-frame.


Thanks Jog. smile


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Another nice pair Bristoe, you hate old Smiths don't you? ;]

CT, Thanks buddy, also glad to hear your pops is keeping you busy at the load bench! smile


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EQFD, that looks just like the one this threads about, except I can't remember is the cylinder latch release looks like yours.


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