S&W .32 S&W Long Regulation Police

[AndyUSMC1107]

Good morning Wheelgunners. Pictured under my S&W 5 Screw HE 32-20 is my “ just received I-Frame .32 (1926) Regulation Police revolver. What a neat size! Many boxes of new cartridges on hand to feed it. Any of you have/shoot these little revolvers?

 

[ontarget]

Very nice. I was offered one of those recently, but it was so loose I couldn't see a real path to bring it back to shootability, so I passed on it.
Let us know how yours shoots.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

View attachment 1025285 Good morning Wheelgunners. Pictured under my S&W 5 Screw HE 32-20 is my “ just received I-Frame .32 (1926) Regulation Police revolver. What a neat size! Many boxes of new cartridges on hand to feed it. Any of you have/shoot these little revolvers?

Sweet! The Regulation Police .32 has been on my want list for a long time. Everytime I find one in decent condition it's outside my price range. Around here - and generally speaking - I-frame Smith revolvers bring a huge premium over the later J-frames and locally even over early Police Positives and D-Frame Colt's in .32 New Police so I end up getting another Colt instead of a Smith. Someday, maybe.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Beautiful!

 

[Gordon]

Here is my 3" .32 Long I frame and the 5" .44 HE 5 screw in all their glory in a S&W case that used to house a Kit gun 4" and a 6" Model 29 , both of which I sold separately a decade back . I had made matching Sambar stag grips in the 1990s before they were banned . They shoot good but only did it for a while as I knew they would grow in Value

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

I have two of them.






I have a 38 Regulation Police too. The same frame, excerpt the 38 Regulation Police is a five shooter. The I frame cylinder was not large enough for six 38 caliber chambers. 38 S&W, not 38 Special, like it says on the barrel.






The 32 and 38 Regulation Police revolvers were some of the I frames that had the grips inletted so they could extend a little bit further down than the curved metal grip frame.






Because of this, the Regulation Police revolvers had the serial number on the front of the grip frame, rather than the butt as most other S&W revolvers did.






S&W even obtained a patent for this grip design.

 

[AndyUSMC1107]

Yep, I knew all that, but thanx. Nice pieces pictured. 2 to 1, guess you win. I was just tickled to find mine.

 

[Sistema1927]

Mine are a little newer, but I have a 31-1 (Regulation Police)


and a 30-1 (.32 Hand Ejector)

 

[Seedy Character]

Man, what a pair!

Would love to a .32S&W and Colt .32-20.
Have found a few, but they are too far, too worn or too expensive.
Someday .....

 

[WestKentucky]

I love 32 revolvers. I love 32 caliber in general, but revolvers are my preference. My 30-1 was the start of a sickness. I’m up to, in order of aquisition, a 30-1, RG31, Mauser 1914, 32 safety hammerless, and I need to go to the gun shop and pick up a frame to rebuild a H&R 733. I will have more in the 733 than if I had bought it, but I plan on stoning, jeweling, and polishing the innards and making it as incredible as possible for a cheapo, then it will be my working gun.

As for the Regulation Police, it’s on the short list. I don’t yet have an I frame but have most of the other Smith frames covered, and nothing sits around at my house. If it’s in the safe it makes noise, all the way back to the 1868 model 1. I have bid on several beaters, and will eventually win an auction for a beat up old duty gun but rest assured it will get a workout.

Those old S&W guns like heavy and slow bullets generally. Find some wadcutters in the neighborhood of 100gr and your in business.

 

[Seedy Character]

"Those old S&W guns like heavy and slow bullets generally. Find some wadcutters in the neighborhood of 100gr and your in business."

That's good to know. I bought a 60qt tote at an estate auction. Had no idea what was in it, but it was full and heavy. Lucky for me, none of the auction bidders were willing to gamble on the unknown. I bid $2 and nobody moved. Next thing I know, auctioneer says "SOLD".

I had a bag with 300+ .323 98gr WC, among the other things. Most notable was the 2 12v filet knives NIB and 14 boxes of 250 .429 Hornady SWC. I think I may have made out alright on the deal.

 

[cfullgraf]

The bottom two revolvers are a Model 30 and a Model 31 chambered in 32 S&WL. (The top revolver is a Model 16-4, a K-frame chambered in 32 H&R Magnum).

This is a 32 hand ejector K-frame from about 1920 chambered in 32-20. Unfortunately, it has been re-nickeled before me.

I have a 1890'svintage Winchester 1873 chambered in 32-20 that is a good companion for the S&W hand ejector.