jsmith,

That is a fine revolver! They certainly are different from all the following models. There is one other little-known difference from the rest of the I frame guns. It's the only small frame with the cylinder 'hold open device' used in all the K and N frame guns prior to WW II and discontinued in all guns after the war. The next model .32 no longer has the device. If you pull the crane out of the gun, you'll see a detent in the frame side of the hinge and a pin & spring in a hole in the crane side of the hinge. I like the feature and have toyed with installing it on some non-orginal post war guns.

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Jim
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