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Nickle .32 Regulation Police Snub?
A LGS took this in yesterday...
Pre-War .32 Regulation Police
Matching Numbers (parts and grips)
2" Barrel
Nickle Plated (star on grip front strap)
How rare is this configuration?
Does the star indicate a re-plating?
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Star could be replating, but likely the barrel was altered as well. Only a letter will tell for sure. The star indicated refinish, or any significant parts replacement/alteration IE barrel, cylinder, etc.
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Shortly after WWII the 2" barrel was added to the .32 Hand Ejector model which had a round grip and grip frame.
Occasionally when a new barrel length is added by S&W to their product line, older models are sent back to the factory for installation of the new length barrel. It will be serial numbered to match the gun # and usually stamped with a diamond.
The star is added following the frame serial #. Since it is added on the front grip strap that tells me the serial # is also stamped there confirming the gun is a 32 Regulation Police. There is also a date indicating when it was "reworked" at the factory, stamped under the left grip near the front 'toe'. A diamond will be stamped near the 'heel' on the grip frame. And if it was refinished at the same time, likely an R-N for refinish-nickel in a rectangle.
If the gun was originally finished in blue, there is a B in front of the serial # on the rear face of the cyl. Otherwise the gun was originally nickeled.
This gun of course could not have been ordered new w/2" barrel obviously because it wasn't made until after the war. If the gun was ordered new with a 2" barrel after the war, it would be rare because the 2" was not regularly available on the 32 RP model.
Let us know if you get it.
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It can be dated fairly closely if you can supply the SN.
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Here is mine, factory modified in 1952
32 RP Snub (4).jpg
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Dejavu 32 RPs? Could this thread be in reference to the same gun?
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Somebody linked my earier thread before i posted my picture...deja vu all over again, now i am confused.
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