Two 32 Long Reg. Pol. Targets 30 Years Apart

[22hipower]

A few years ago, at one of the Symposiums, I bought a 6 inch Regulation Police Target in 32 Long which was shipped in May of 1927. If memory serves from previous posts there are only 60 or so of these known.

Last weekend I added the 4 inch which is one of the 196 built in 1957. They don't look all that different for having been built 30 years apart.

Jeff
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[Model19man]

A few years ago, at one of the Symposiums, I bought a 6 inch Regulation Police Target in 32 Long which was shipped in May of 1927. If memory serves from previous posts there only 60 or so of these known.

Last weekend I added the 4 inch which is one of the 196 built in 1957. They don't look all that different for having been built 50 years apart.

Jeff
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Pretty sure there is only 30 years difference.

 

[22hipower]

A few years ago, at one of the Symposiums, I bought a 6 inch Regulation Police Target in 32 Long which was shipped in May of 1927. If memory serves from previous posts there only 60 or so of these known.

Last weekend I added the 4 inch which is one of the 196 built in 1957. They don't look all that different for having been built 50 years apart.

Jeff
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Pretty sure there is only 30 years difference.

Ok, ok, so if I said I fat fingered it would anybody believe me? Thanks for catching it, edited the original post.

Jeff
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[raljr1]

Very nice pair.


I have a few of the 6 inch models.

I have wanted one of the 4 inch models, but so far cannot justify the $ on my semi retirement budget.

Robert

 

[Green Frog]

While the 32 RP Target is far from common, I firmly believe more than 60 of them are out there. Heck, I've even got one of them! I'm gonna take a WAG and say the actual number is at least 5-10 times that number, although how many remain "in circulation" now is questionable.
Froggie

 

[cgt4570]

Here are my 3 i frame .32 targets.
The 6" RP once belonged to Roy Jinks.
The next two are 4-digit no change 1903's.
The middle one was a Proxibid find several years ago.
The bottom was a local auction find. It had a lopped off barrel. It now wears a pre-30 3" barrel with a pinned front sight blade my gunsmith made for it.

 

[Muley Gil]

So, the RP Target that shipped in 1957 came with a pre-WW II rear sight?

 

[raljr1]

So, the RP Target that shipped in 1957 came with a pre-WW II rear sight?

My understanding is that these were assembled using left over parts. So yes.

Here is my latest 32 Target. Planning her own thread if the letter and deep dive are interesting.

Robert

 

[murphydog]

Yes, the 4" Target was (I think) the last new gun they made with the old prewar I frame leaf mainspring action. I can just imagine the new 1957 employees looking at these and making "grandpa gun" jokes as they were being assembled.

 

[22hipower]

So, the RP Target that shipped in 1957 came with a pre-WW II rear sight?

Yes, from the little I've read about them they used quite a few pre war parts.

Jeff
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[raljr1]

Kinda reminds me of how croutons were invented....some cook had a bunch of stale bread and thought, " instead of throwing it away, I'll cut it up, toast it a bit, and put it on salads....wonder if i can up the price a few cents as a result."

Robert

 

[delcrossv]

Two of my early ones. The bottom 276XXX is in the usual 1919 series, the top 266XXX is from '17 and seems to be from a small test run as it's the lowest S/N six inch known.

 

[delcrossv]

Yes, from the little I've read about them they used quite a few pre war parts.

Jeff
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IIRC, everything besides the barrel was prewar, just the barrels were new. They went with 4" because they didn't have the 6" barrel die anymore.