5" Smith & Wesson 32 Long Ctg. question

[handejector]

Originally posted by MikeKeyW:
Hi Lee,
What I would like to know is how he happened to come into possession of what Roy Jinks describes as one of the rarest M&P's. He was living in Key West late 40's until Korea started up which is the approx DOB until I get the letter of authenticity from Roy narrowing it down. If it had been destined for the British marketplace was it a over run sold on the domestic market? I'm just looking to possibly shed some light on my uncles life that no one in my family knows anything about. He was very close lipped regarding his past to the extent of disposing of all the metals/citations he received of his 40 years of service. All I know about the gun was that I got it in the same shoebox he had always kept it in using a pink fuzzy slipper as a gun rug/holster. The closet was also packed with about 20 or so years of the magazine "Naval Proceedings".

They are definitely scarce to rare, but not that rare. I have had 4 or 5 in the last two years. Forget whatever you think about Britain- never heard that before.
Two of the ones I have had lettered to dealers in Florida- maybe they both went to the same one, but I don't remember. That probably explains how your uncle acquired it, either new or used.
Maybe there is a good story connected to the "pink fuzzy slipper"!

 

[MikeKeyW]

Sounds like the story on my 3" Colt Python, as more people started sharing information more had been produced than the 500 as was originally thought. "Special" runs had not been factored into the total.
As to the Pink Fuzzy Slipper, my aunt had bought a pair way back and he had a fit when he saw them. What filtered down to this 4 or 5 year old was something about something looking like it came off a China door. I don't want to tell you how many years I wondered what a slipper and a door had it common, when I shared that epiphany with my then 16 year old son it just earned me a "Well DUH!!!"

It was a more innocent time back then, but I have to wonder what some people must have been thinking when I'd tell the door story with such a straight face, Mr. Oblivious, I think my cheeks just blushed pink...