I have long been a fan of the small 5 shooters in .38 S&W. The Model 33-1 was introduced in 1917 as the .38 Regulation Police. The earliest models were built on the I-frame. In 1952, the change was made to the improved I-frame, with coil mainspring. In 1957, it became the model 33, and finally the 33-1 when the I-frame was discontinued in 1960 and production was moved to the J-frame. The 2" version, the Terrier is the model 32. As mentioned above, the model 32 and 33 were discontinued in 1974. I have two of these small five shooters. The first one I found was a model 33-1 shipped in 1967, one of the last built. It came with the original box and was wearing a beautiful set of factory target stocks:


My second is the grandfather of the model 33-1, a first year production .38 Regulation Police, serial number 15xx, shipped in June of 1917. This beauty looked virtually unturned and likely spent most of it's life in a drawer: