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Someone pointed out above that Teddy Roosevelt once recommended one of the 32s to NYC cops.....I remember reading this years ago and always wanted to ask if this had any bearing on Teddy making a statement for which he is perhaps better known.....something about packing a big stick.

My Lyman trigger pull gauge shows the Brazilian single action trigger breaking on the average at just under 3 pounds and as crisply as a cheap window pane. The recently-slicked-up Colt's single action trigger averages about 5 pounds 11 ounces. The Lyman device only measures up to 12 pounds...

My Brazilian is a flat top/square notch for a rear sight model. From what I can learn here, its serial # indicates it was one of those guns included in the first shipment to Brazil. I'm very pleased with it in both SA and DA.....The old Colt is very accurate when fired SA. My hands are not...

After reading a recent post that kinda poor-mouthed the accuracy potential of one of my favorite Smiths (1917 DA), I wondered if I was mis-remembering how well my Brazilian shot. I dug it and a WWI-era Colt out of the safe. Unsupported at 15 yards, cast 200 grain SWCs and 200 grain RNFPs...

I may be as hapless with computers as I am at finding a S&W that was shipped the same year I first drew breath.....I didn't want responders to think I had trolled by and asked a question just to see my thoughts in print. After having computer problems that are at least as bad as some semi-auto...