2 inch, half-moon front sight, .32 i-frames. i know these are hard to find, but surely there are a few out there. please post up your pics! thank you.

I'm new but was told on here that this is a 32/38 terrier Pre-model 32. Is this an I frame like you were wanting? Serial number is 72xxx and model number is not on the gun. Was told on here that puts it between '48-'53. It shoots .38 S&W CTG.

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...8Terrier-2.jpg
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...8Terrier-1.jpg

Marcus

3rd Model -32 Long - looks to have been chromed/re-chromed. Also, perhaps re-barreled since it has RP grip and barrel very slightly off center to left.

Obtained Jinks letter in 70's but can't find it


(Camera and photographer both less than laudable

Late 40s.

pre war/ post war .32 I frame hand ejector

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Here's a pre model 30.

A pre model 31. My wife's favorite summer guns.


Cheers;
Lefty

good grief! i found one! today! i have literally been looking for one of these for nearly 10 years, and this is only the second one i have run across. the first one was awful rough, and i was out of state, so i had to leave it there.

this is a 5 screw (has the triggerguard screw, also), and the grip serial number matches, so it came with the magnas. man, i am happy!!! it is not perfect, but it is pretty nice. i guess blind persistence pays off eventually!

Congrats ed, magnas and half-moon sight, what a score!
Ask and ye shall receive...
My Terrier came about the same way, first one I ever saw for sale.

The lower gun is a .32 Hand Ejector modified I-frame on which I replaced the magnas to save them from wear and tear. It is serial No. 5957xx and lettered. It was shipped December 11, 1952 to Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis, MO. It is diminutive and a true pocket revolver. The other revolver is a M&P from 1952 for size comparison. T44

ar15ed,
Nice snag , good job!
Here's what i've been blessed with, courtesy of a couple of
fine people here on the forum.
On the left, a pre-30,
and on the right, a pre-32.
This thread sure brought out some nice ones!
TACC1

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.38-32 S&W Terrier (Bottom) is a 5 digit SN# early post war .
(Top) early 38 special Baby Chief for comparison.

Here's one, lettered to NYPD in 1950.

that is cool!

Engine49guy that Terrier with the short magna grips is a real looker!

I have an I frame to throw in...



GF

i am on a roll! i found another one today. even earlier. even cleaner. man, i love these little rascals!

Marcus, let me help you with those images. You need to put the tags [IMG] and [/IMG] before and after each link to make the actual pic show up in a forum.

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David Wilson

Kewpie, I think you called it. That's a Regulation Police, and it has to be a replacement barrel. Yes, the gun has been renickeled; the giveaway is that hammer and trigger are both nickel-plated. The factory never did that, instead leaving those pieces with case coloring on them.

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David Wilson

The pics of these guns have really whetted my appetite, particularly the two posted by ar15ed. I have K and L snubbies (even an N, if you count 3" barrels), but I don't yet have a classic two-inch .32 HE. I guess I need to start keeping my eyes open.

Nice pieces, guys.

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David Wilson

You're right, David. The cool factor of these little small frame snubbies is high, and the fun factor shooting them is even higher. I got my .32 by dumb luck, but now it is making me look for a big brother .38 Terrier or an elusive 2" RP in .38 S&W. I wonder if I could find a 2" barrel for my .22 cal HFT? Now that would be interesting!

Seeing all the good things on this thread, though, I don't know whether to be encouraged because they are there, or discouraged because you guys seem to have already snapped up so much of the supply! I'm beginning to really regret selling off my old Baby Chief about 15 years ago when I should have known better!

Green (love those I-frames) Frog

A formal, somewhat fuzzy portrait of my daily carry gun, a mid-fifties HE wearing Hogue Bantam grips.

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Here is my pre-32. It dates to 1939 or 1940. I just walked into the gun-shop one day and there it was. I truly enjoy the Victories and the Terriers. Now if I could just find more time to enjoy shooting them. It is serial #52362

I am also including a picture of him with his cousins, a Pre-36 Chief Special dating to 1955, and a pre-37 Airweight dating to 1956.

Enjoy

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good grief! that is cool! that is about as old as i've seen one! and, welcome to the forum!!!
ed

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Roger

S&W Oldtimer,

Your picture didn't show up and I'd love to see it, but even more, I would like to know the SN range, especially if it is confirmed by letter or other solid documentation. Why? Because I would like to know whether my early post-War .32 HE snubbie is a '49er, since that's my birth year! If it looks even close, I'll do the deed and get it lettered, but I'd like to know going in whether it's likely. I'd also like to know about a confirmed SN range for the same vintage Terriers for the same reason.

TIA ~ Froggie

Here's a pair to draw to! Both are post was 32HEs!



jcelect SWCA#LM723

jc, those are beauties!

green, the serial numbers seem to be all over the place on the 32s. some are WAY lower than scosw even puts in the 4-line address area.
i'd say that if it has the small service stocks, and they are numbered to it, you have a real good chance that it is from '49. it seems to me like they went to the magnas very quickly, maybe even still in '49. i definitely know of several lettered from 1950 with the serial numbered magnas.

I frame .32 S&W shipped February 1952