What a great find!! Congrats.
1. Have the salesman call the owner and ask what happened to the rear sight and if it truly was never fired.
2. The grips with diamond around the screw hole was ordered to be eliminated mid 1968.
The last Kit Gun # w/o the M was 135465, Oct. 1968.
So that pretty much pins down when your #1332xx was shipped.
3. The rear sight:
The following shows the correct size sight your gun requires, you need the #2 size below:
There are three I & J frame post war micro click rear sight sizes (over-all lengths), all tang widths .250":
1. The Model of 1953 I frame including the Mod 34 = 2.390-95"; this one has the front mounting hole 1/16" further back and best for a pre war but hardest to find. It's too short for a J frame.
2. The '60s and '70s J frame = 2.530-35"; the pre Mod 36 to M 36-1 Targets and 22/32 Mod 34-1.
3. And the most current J frame = 2.718"; my Mod 60-4 (1990), my Mod 36-6 (1986), 22/32 Mod 34-2 (1980) and the Mod 63.
Does the sight you bought have the elevation pellet included? If not you'll need one.
The post war Kit Guns target sight elevation screw is threaded and has a grooved cross cut in the bottom end that indexes on the ridge of the elevation pellet that just sits in the sight groove to give the clicks when you turn the screw.
The pellet or plug just nests in a shallow cup drilled in the top of the top strap. The sight tension and elev. screw keep it in place.
Rear Sight Elevation Click Plug Product #: 298910B here: Search | Numrich Gun Parts
Does the sight you bought include the front mounting screw?
Part #19 here: Smith & Wesson 34-2 Revolver Parts, Schematics | Numrich Gun Parts
The picture of the screw is wrong but the part # is correct.
yes, my gun had the pellet in the frame, and my rear sight had the adjuster screw too. it is all set now, very happy with it.
