I have a collection of Shooter's Bibles dating back to 1945, I was recently looking thru the 1945 SB and saw a S&W Terrier featured. I love the I frame 32's and now it seem there is a 38 S&W I frame out there. Since most I frames around here are fairly cheap (my last one was 125.00) I decided to get one.

I checked the GB abd AA and only found one on GB for 579.00. It seemed a bit pricey, so I did some research. I was told that the Terrier and the Regulation Police were the same gun and that a model 32 and 33 were practically the same.

My 1945 SB shows the Terrier as a 5 shot 2" round butt 38 S&W ($30.00) SEPERATELY from the 38 Regulation Police as a 5 shot 4" square butt 38 S&W ($32.00). Both were 5 shot and featured as different guns than the 32 Hand Ejector and 32 Regulation Police Police which were both 6 shot guns.

My Blue Book (31st) shows no Terrier in the Named Model section and the Regulation Police is listed as a 6 shot. The Munbered Models section shows a Model 32 (.38 Terrier) as a 5 shot 2" barrel on a 32 frame (I frame?) and a Model 33 (Regulation Police) as a 5 shot 2-3-4 inch barrel round or square butt.

From what I can find, the Terrier was ONLY offered as a round butt, 5 shot I frame and that is what I want. Any help on what is what?

SN 27574 S&W Regulation Police. When was it made?