Model 34 with 3 inch barrel

[JP@AK]

Guys

His pictures are a pain in the neck to look at, but one of them shows the model number in the yoke cut. It is a Model 36. I'm not going to bother looking again, but the serial number is in the 400,000 range if I recall correctly from yesterday.

 

[Hondo44]

Was the model 32 or its variants offered with a 3" barrel?

Yes. The .32 models 30 and 31, and the .38 S&W models 32 and 33 were all available with 3" barrels.

 

[BC38]

Yeah, you can see the forcing cone in this photo
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Definitely not a M34 - looks like a 38 caliber to me, so almost certainly a M36, 3" 38 special.

 

[JP@AK]

Yeah, you can see the forcing cone in this photo
Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Definitely not a M34 - looks like a 38 caliber to me, so almost certainly a M36, 3" 38 special.

See my post #21. In one of the other pictures you can see the MOD 36 in the yoke cut.

 

[Hondo44]

Yep, can only be a Mod 36 for two additional reasons alluded to above:

The Model 32/33 .38 S&W serial range for that period of 1966-1968 was only in the low 1XX,XXX range.

The Mod 36 cyl is 1.53" long and fills the cyl window. The .38 S&W cyl on the J frame is only 1.4" long.