I've decided to sell all my projects, then I can un rent my workshop.
MGB based kit car, BRA P Type.
Vespa PX125 cut down.
Vespa 50 Special smallframe project with Primmy 125 motor.
Can send pics if any interest.
Yes, we have accumulated snow on the ground here in Louisiana. No, I'm not happy about it.
In an earlier post I talked about the importance of distrubutors. Phil Bekeart was one such distributor, who in 1911 asked @Smith_WessonInc to produce a batch of .32 Hand Ejector revolvers chambered in .22 LR. Wild ideas back in those days, but Smith & Wesson obliged and the .22/32 Heavy Frame Target was born.
During World War II, all commercial firearms production was halted. After the war, Smith & Wesson revived the .22/32 and gave it an engineering refresh (most notably with the hammer block safety and the redesigned rear target right). This became the .22/32 Model of 1953, and it remained in Smith & Wesson's catalog until the early 1990s.
This revolver is actually a pre-Model 43, which was the "Airweight" version of the .22/32 M1953. The low four digit serial number dates it to March 1954. These only remained in production until the 1970s, and they're not easy to find today.
The .22/32 still lives on in Smith & Wesson's catalog through the Model 63 (stainless steel .22/32), the Model 317 (AirLite .22/32), and the Model 43C (internal hammer or "Centennial" style .22/32). Not a bad legacy for Phil Bekeart.
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