.32 S&W in a full size revolver

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

We all know that there were plenty of pocket pistols chambered in .32 S&W.   But were any "full size" single action revolvers ever chambered for this diminutive round?   Looking around online, the only thing I have seen referenced is that Smith and Wesson chambered the "Model 3" for it, but this is always mentioned in passing and never specifies which Model 3 was so chambered.   I am assuming the New Model 3, and the American, Russian and Schofield were all chambered only in their namesake calibers, as far as I know.

That being said, I have never actually SEEN a New model 3 in .32 S&W.   I've seen some in .32-44, but that's about it.   I know that some modern DA revolvers were chambered in the caliber, as well as in the .32 S&W Long, but I can not find anything definitive about them being used in anything bigger than a pocket pistol.
 

I do know that certain Colt .31 caliber C&B's were converted to the .32 Colt calibers, and you'd think the modern replicas would use the more easy to deal with S&W round, but, as near as I can tell, none of them has a conversion cylinder available.

Does anyone have additional information that I am unaware of?   At this point, it's mostly for curiosity sake more than anything elese.

[Timothy]

Per ai 

• Some First Generation SAA and Bisley Model revolvers were made on special order in .32 S&W. These are considered extremely rare and valuable collector's items.

[Bullett Sass 19707]

32 SW, 32 long 32 h&r mag and 32 auto all run well in my Ruger single six.  Bullett 

[Boggus Deal #64218]

Ruger built a .32 Mag/.32-30 convertible on the New Model Blackhawk frame. It was called the Buckeye Special for a group of dealers in Ohio.

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

Well H. K., from reading your Inquiry, it appears you are primarily interested in guns of the Era.  If that's the case, not that I know of.  Never seen one anyway.

 

In my sordid past however, I did do several cartridge conversions on Percussion 31s.  I haven't looked to see if Conversion parts are still available for those little 31s.  In all honesty, full size SAs in 32 would be just a mite heavy but wouldn't generate much in the way of recoil.

[Indy Kid, SASS #4638]

Ruger made the 32-20 / 32 H&R mag Buckeye Special. They also made a run of about 500 32-20 / 32 H&R mag Vaqueros. My wife has 1 Buckeye special and a pair of the SS Vaqueros and they are heavy. She also has a pair of small frame Colt copys in the same configuration. She likes 32s.

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

11 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

 

Well H. K., from reading your Inquiry, it appears you are primarily interested in guns of the Era.  If that's the case, not that I know of.  Never seen one anyway.

 

In my sordid past however, I did do several cartridge conversions on Percussion 31s.  I haven't looked to see if Conversion parts are still available for those little 31s.  In all honesty, full size SAs in 32 would be just a mite heavy but wouldn't generate much in the way of recoil.

 

Yeah, era guns are of the most interest to me.  For example, there is the Cimmaron Lighting that is a reduced size SAA with a .32-20/.32 H&R cylinder combination, and while an interesting little gun, I am wondering more about "original" examples.

The only reproduction C&B revolver in .31 that has a .32 S&W conversion cylinder is the Remington 1863, and while I do have one, it's a TINY little gun.  Hardly what I'd call "Full size."  I do have an original Colt 1849 that was converted to .32 Long Colt in the distant past, but the modern replicas don't seem to have conversion cylinders available.  Nor does anything else in that class.  I suppose it could be possible to find a gunsmith to convert it the old fashioned way, but I don't wanna go down that road.

As far as other pistols go, believe it or not, I have a real Colt 1860 that someone replaced the barrel and cylinder on to become a .32 S&W, which is one of the things that got me wondering about other possibilities.  The Cylinder and barrel assembly look to be of modern day manufacture.  No idea who did it.   With this gun, recoil does not exist!  

 

 

Technically, it's a .32 S&W Long.   The guy who sold it on Gunbroker advertised it as a .32-20, which is why I grabbed it, and while I was disappointed that it's not I soon decided that it was just too cool and ineresting to be worried about.  Curiously, from that pale coloring where a loading gate would go, I think this gun was at one time converted to a .44 cartridge, and then converted again to thsi configuration.

If only it could talk.