Were there or are there any .32 S&W Long caliber revolvers made with adjustable rear sights and a four or six inch barrel other than the K-32 Masterpiece? Want to try some .32 target shooting. Thanks for any help you can give with this.

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Lost in Penn's Woods

Yes, but they are hard to find. In 1917 S&W introduced an I-frame revolver that they called the Regulation Police. It was like a .32 Hand Ejector but with a square butt (actually, just square butt wood fitted over a specially notched round butt frame.) Almost all RPs were fixed-sight guns, but the company made an adjustable sight version they called the Regulation Police Target Revolver. They had six inch barrels.

The bad news is that very few of these were made. They are hard to find and tend to be expensive. And even with the larger square butt stocks, they feel pretty small in the hand of anyone who has grown accustomed to K-frame stocks.

There's a device called the Wonder sight that can be fitted to fixed sight guns with a top side plate screw. I'm not sure if they are dimensioned to work on I or J frames, but that's at least a theoretical possibility to let you do some .32 target shooting.

Here's a picture of a .32 RP Target that I acquired over the summer. I haven't shot it yet, but I did just get several hundred rounds of .32 WC ammo, so I hope to make a range trip soon.



The original factory description claimed good accuracy for these guns -- 2.5 inch groups at 50 yards.

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David Wilson

YEP...they did indeed make a 4" 32/32 KITGUN which chambers the good ol' 32S&W LONG. I got one. Shoots great.
Whoops, forgot to mention that I saw a 6" 32/32 KITGUN at a gunshow in COLUMBUS once. I made the mistake of not buying it on the spot...geeeesh...

I also have a .32 KitGun with a 4" barrel and adjustable sights - the S&W Model 631 chambered for .32 H&R Magnum but quite accurate with .32 S&W Longs.

It's a terrific trail gun and works VERY well for edible small game.

Dale53

I have a ruger single six in 32 but have been on the lookout for the S&W version.

Jazzman

I was not even aware that the Model 631 existed, but now that I have read up on it in the Standard Catalog, I'm pretty sure I want one. A J-frame .32 with adjustable sights sounds intriguing, and the fact that it came in .32 H&R makes it that much more appealing. I was pretty sure that J-frame .32s all came with fixed sights, so this was a new one on me.

I was also surprised to see that S&W spoke of it as a .32 Kit Gun. Until I saw the posts here and that write-up, I thought the Kit Gun designation had been reserved exclusively for small frame .22s.

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David Wilson

I have never heard of a S&W .32/32 Kit Gun. Could you tell me where you found a reference to it? I would like to read about it. I know of the .22/32 Kit Gun and the 631 limited run of Kit Guns but have never heard of the .32/32.

Thanks,

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James Redfield
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