Very cool rescue. S&W 32-20 frame. Nothing else from the gun could be saved. 5" Victory model barrel in .38 S&W. Fitted with a latter .38 special cylinder, and I had a set of 1920's correct grips for the frame. Built, Parkerized and tuned by a Smith & Wesson gunsmith who works at a big surplus parts place. I think it was a great save of an old gun that was destined for the trash pile and rebuilt to shoot modern cheap and available .38 special. It was like a getting a great mutt from the pound.
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Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
I can't blame you for the effort, it came out nice.
-Seconds Count. Misses Don't-
I just pulled the credit card out to save it from a heathen when the gunsmith was putting it in the case. In talking to him he likes saving old guns that are essentially ruin through neglect, negligence, home gunsmithing or a combination of the above. He turns them into shooters. He said he just did a similar build on a beat to death 38/44 HD that he gave to a wheelchair bound disabled vet. I am a sucker for cool stories and neat things.Originally Posted by SecondsCount
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
Good for you. I'm not interested in collecting, but a shooter like this gets me fired up. A shooter 38/44 makes me drool just thinking about it.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
Just need to find an SD Myres holster for it.....
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
Or a full flap duty holster.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
Cool roscoe!(I'll not lie about mourning the loss of a .32 WCF gun, though.
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Yea, the .32 WCF would have been neat. Apparently this was shot with a bunch of old corrosive ammunition and never cleaned. It also got wet or was left in wet holster. Someone decided to "fix" this with judicious use of things attached to drills and tried to polish the rust off the side plate.....making the side plate SUBSTANTIALLY thinner. The current guy got it and only the frame could be saved. The new side plate has no S&W logo, which actually adds to utilitarian look. It left the shop with huge Pachmayers (I need to have a sale on these at some point), but the period correct grips really "make it". A new properly hardened and actual .38 special cylinder makes me feel good about shooting it with generic type .38's to my hearts content. It also locks up really nice and has the kind of fitting we expect of the older guns. I like shooters, and this is a cool way to be able to take a honest to goodness "old" gun to the range with zero worries about wrecking something.Cool roscoe!
SD Myres did make a great flap holster for these and I would love to find one, or a reproduction. A tanker rig would also be kind of cool.
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
I like it.
I have some old revolvers around here. Nothing like that,
however.
Here is the other side and a better representation of its actual color.
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
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