Pawn shop find

[hunman55]

Found a S&W 32 small frame-pre J-frame? HE, nickel, 3.5in., last pat. date 1914, large head ejec. rod. Ser.# 331996 w/star, factory refinish? Finish is worn. Looks all original. Action is stiff, works fine. When was it made? Guy came down to $100-couldn't resist. Many thanks for your answers. Hunman55

 

[STCM(SW)]

No Pic's???

 

[MSgt G]

Lets see some pictures! I love these little .32s.

 

[Green Frog]

I'm guessing a round butt? How about stock material, hard black rubber or wood? If they are wood, I'm gonna guess maybe no medallions and the DOB of the gun is sometime in the late '20s. Of course, pix would help!

Froggie

 

[DCWilson]

I think that gun is going to be closer to 1920 or 1921. That's a good buy at that price. These old .32s are great fun to shoot.

If it has round butt stocks, it is called a .32 Hand Ejector. If it has square butt stocks, it would be called a .32 Regulation Police. The RP was introduced in 1917 at about serial number 258000 in order to create a model that appealed to people with a professional need for a revolver and hands too large to make easy use of the existing guns.

 

[MP22]

What a great buy....congratulations. I would love to see a pic...

 

[45times6]

Nice find!

I need to find a better class of pawn shop, I think... I never find good stuff like that!

 

[alaskavett]

Where is this Pawn Shop? I'm sure there are many others on here that would love to start making visits there. Kyle

 

[A10]

Congratulations! I love pawn shops. They seldom know what they have, unless it's black and semiautomatic. Your .32 is most likely an Iframe, the predecessor to the J. Very cool find!

 

[PMRet]

My Grandfather's .32 Regulation Police, serial number 3405xx shipped in January 1924. Based on the SN yours should have shipped sometime before that...

 

[hunman55]

All replies greatly appreciated. It is a RB with hard rubber grips. I'll try to do pics, but will probably need help. Pawn shop is in mid. Ga. Old stuff such as this is not real popular to most people, which may be a good thing. Most of them like the polymer nines and forties, of which I'm not a fan. hunman55