I acquired this old 5-Screw S&W Regulation Police in 32 S&W Long the hard way...
...From my late Father's inheritance...
I'd actually loaned it out to a friend of mine who was interested in checking out the older S&W 32s; and luckily he didn't handle it or shoot it much, if any, but eventually (it was more like "after several years" had passed actually...) he decided he liked it well enough to go out and buy his own used 32 Long S&W for a light woods-walking gun, and that way I could get my piece of family history back.
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Now that I've gotten this back home and have switched from Ruger's over to S&Ws in my collection (except for the blackpowder Old Army), I'm better realizing just what terrific condition this piece is in -- and I'm also questioning my sanity for ever letting it out of my possession!
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It’s a 5-Screw 32 S&W Long with a 3.25" barrel, with the standard (oversized, but not quite “target” sized) Regulation Police grips which have a June 1917 patent date stamped on them. The Serial # starts with 425XXX which dates it to late 1925 or early 1926, when my Dad would have been in grade school, but when and how he acquired it is info lost forever. I would rate the overall finish as being between 95% to 98%.
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It has a slight turn line, which is very common for Smith's (old and new), and the action is very crisp with excellent timing and lockup. I will admit that I will proceed to fire off a box or two annually in remembrance of my 'ol Dad. I am sure he would be OK with that; as all of his guns, like this one too, were bought as "shooters" and not meant to be stuffed away in drawers.
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Tight groups.
Old No7
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