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I don’t claim to be an expert on 32 but have a Smith model 30-1 2” and 1953 Colt Cobra 2” both in 32 S&W long. I chronographed both Remington and MagTech ammo as well as my own load and came up with low 600’s fps with both factory ammo. They were comparable to my reloads with 77gr polymer over a...

I bought my 640 no dash not long after they came out and still have it with all the papers, box and original boo grips. I carry it occasionally and have no plans to get rid of it. I carry it from time to time and enjoy shooting mild 38’s in it for practice. I had a 442 for a CD short period but...

I can’t give you a manufacturing date but someone will be along that can get you close. A few months ago I picked up a 98-99% 30-1 32 S&W Long J frame. If yours has a round butt it’s a model 30 or 30-1 or a 31 or 31-1 if the butt is square. They’re on the same J frame size as the 33 Terrier...

Very nice looking kit. I didn’t look up your SN but it appears your IIIF has a black flash sync timing dial under the shutter speed dial which, if I’m remembering correctly, indicates it’s a conversion from a IIIC which was very common. The later IIIF bodies that came from the factory with flash...

There’s just something addictive about these little guys I have a half dozen and will buy a few more as I run across the. I’m pretty much into 22 caliber which will limit my purchases but will continue the search. And use on occasion I carry one. It was around 1981 that I bought my first and...

I didn’t bother to read your entire post because you know nothing of my situation or history. I’ve been loading using 231, thinking back, since the early 90 and loaded tens of thousands of 38’s and 45 acp with this powder. Ok now time has moved forward and I’m now 76 with significant arthritis...

I noticed one, think it was this model, at Bills Outpost in Maryville TN. Smith is located in Maryville and I just live the county over. I stop in Bills when I’m in town and it seems like there was one in the front case. I don’t remember the exact price but that price seems like what I remember...

I’m attached to several guns but these 4 are special. The Luger is a bring back and sat in a sock drawer most of its life. Thirty years ago my wife bought it for the first birthday I had after we married. It’s all original 1941 Mauser with all matching numbers inside out with correct proof...

I bought a new one back in the early 90’s that was a pre B mode. If I remember correctly it was marked made in Czechoslovakia not Czech Republic. I sold it a couple of years ago because I no longer used it but during the years I owned it I shot many IPSC matches with it and put many home load...

I’m in the same boat. I used to carry a 3” 1911 45 and had no issues but as time passes I’ve moved down to a Colt Cobra 38 (new stainless model) or a Ruger LCP 380. Sometimes I’ll carry my Smith 640 no dash with silver tips. I had a 442 but it was brutal to shoot and traded it a few days after...

It must have been around 1973 that I started to buy a 66 but bouts a new Ruger 10/22 from KMart for $69 if my memory hasn’t failed me. It was a tough decision but had a Ruger a standard mkI and thought the 10/22 would be a good companion. To this day I still have my 10/22 but have always thought...

My dad bought some of the Speer plastic cases and bullets back in the 60’s. We used to take his model 15 in the garage, drape an old piece of carpet over a cardboard box and hang a rager and shoot away. Until, one day one of the bullets went through the carpet and put a nice dent in my mother’s...

Ignore me if I say this is the last gun I’m buying. In the past two weeks I added a new Ruger LCP II 22 and this weekend picked up a very nice Colt Police Positive Special 38spl. It’s a 1930 vintage and is at least 95%. Now to go shoot it.

I have an ex too. Ex is the magic word. She was doing all the spending and I was doing all the work. My now wife and I have been married almost 31 years and she’s a keeper.

I used 231 for decades until experimenting with lighter loads in 38 and 45 acp. Working within the Hodgdon recommended charges for light loads I found extreme variations in velocities depending on powder position in the case. Mid to heavy loads 232/HP38 is a fine powder but not in lighter loads...

My wife no longer believes me when I say this is my last gun but she’s an enabler and allows me to continue my lies.

I have experienced 2 squibs due to poor ignition of 231/HP38 powder in minimum recommended loads in 38 special. Both were with factory recommended charges using polymer coated lead. Both were is snub nose Smiths as well. I was chronographing new loads and noticed 200 fps or more variations...

A lot of folks here swear by Renwax but it seems like a lot of un necessary work. First of all I never put a gun away that’s dirty. Every gun I shoot gets cleaned before storage and for the last 50+ years I use a lightly oiled cotton cloth and thoroughly wipe them down every time they’re handled...

I’ll be setting this one up for 38S&W, 32 Long, 44 Special and 357. I guess I’ll need to pickup one more head soon. I just bolted it to my bench and haven’t even screwed the dies in. For my powder measure I’m going to use an RCBS Little Dandy. It was my dad’s and it sat around here for 33...

Bought a Christmas present for myself, a Lyman All American 8 press. I have a Dillon SDB and load my primary cartridges on it and have a Rock Chucker that I’ve been loading my less used calibers but thought a turret press might make loading cartridges like 32 S&W Long and 38 S&W go a little...