The Continuing Quest....

[TACC1]

The Continuing Quest goes on for the revolver that fits me as
I'd like it to.
My next trial will be a Hand Ejector, 32 S&W Long. The "book"
says that the H-E's are built on a round-butt I-frame. I just was looking on a couple of auction sites, and the ones they had with the 3-1/4"
bbl, had extended(?) stocks. They looked more like Square-Butt's
than Round-Butts. Are all the H-E's R-B's, and can I get the grip
configuration I want by just getting replacements?
Conversely, are RB stocks prohibitively expensive enough that
I should just wait for the one I want? Waiting's hard for me. So
many guns, so little time.
TACC1

 

[Muley Gil]

The HEs with the extended grips are referred to as "Regulation Police" revolvers. These came in .32 S&W Long and in .38 S&W. They have a small "step" cut into the frame to provide a smooth transistion for the grips.

If you want a true I frame round butt HE, there are many of them out there. Keep looking.

 

[DCWilson]

The thing to bear in mind about I-frames is that some of them (the Regulation Police series, and some of the target models in .32 and .22) had extended stocks that mate to what is called the "rebated" frame. There is a notch or shoulder in the steel into which a portion of the wooden stocks will fit. If you put ordinary round-butt stocks on a rebated frame, you will end up with a hollow stretch in the bottom half of the backstrap.

 

[TACC1]

Thank you !! I must be catching on! This time, I asked before I
made a mistake. "Course, I'll still mess up, but this hurdle is past.
TACC1

 

[wayneb]

Re:Quest

The pre-war .32 H/E shows up as the round butt in the various bbl.lengths;or the regulation police.The latter has an unusual-by current standards- round butt with a rebate or cut about halfway down the backstrap.These are factory fitted with extended square butt stocks that fit only this model,The .22/.32 has similar but not identical grips.The postwar guns are simply round or square butt,wiith the Regulation Police
being the square butt gun.These were I frame guns,then improved I frame and finally about 1961 they became the J frame.
There is no shortage of these .32's.Get one that suits you and shoot it.The accuracy will suprise you.I like these guns a lot especially those made before 1961.
Wayne Byram

 

[Muley Gil]

Here's a picture of a Regulation Police grip frame, showing the step" in the frame:

 

[pace40]

http://smith-wessonforum.com/blogs/pace40/74-32-hand-ejector-32-regulation-police.html




The Relics Corner

 

[TACC1]

Okay, NOW I've got it.

Thanks again. The replies have set me straight, and the explanations couldn't have been clearer.
I appreciate your taking the time for a history lesson. It's time
for me to do a serious search for a good one.
TACC1