I called S&W and asked about it's "lineage" and, as HeyJoe had stated, the boys in Customer Service told me the Portugal story.

The one on Gunbroker is in a Thief River Falls, MN gun shop. Some very insightful individual is going to purchase a neat (and rare) revolver. I really think the this isn't just an "oddball." It will make for a light-recoiling, superbly accurate, yet surprisingly effective little six-shot "waltzing distance" revolver.

I want to remind everyone of how effective the .32 Long was in the hands of Police Detectives and Police Matrons well into the 1960's. These revolvers worked then, when properly loaded and the bullets are well placed are quite effective.

It is known as "marksmanship."

Scott