TXTad
Active Member
I picked up this 1975-ish 31-1 yesterday. I had been looking for a shooting quality one since someone gave me a few free boxes of .32 S&W Long ammo, and I don't like to shoot "specials" in magnum chambers. Make for expensive "free" ammo, but a fun excuse to get a gun.
This one seems unfired since it left the factory, but suffered a little bit of neglect. There's some light surface rust on the lower front right of the frame, and on one side of the cylinder. Nothing very bad at all. The worst part, though, is that there is some very minor pitting in the last inch of the bore, also on the right side. I suspect it won't matter much for plinking with mild cast loads, but I was disappointed about it. If it wasn't for that, I would consider this a perfect example of a shooter.
Since I do have a .32 H&R Single Six and a .327 Federal Bisley Single Seven, I'll never load this one over 850-900 fps. I'll just have to find what 90 or 100 gr bullet it likes best and stick with that.
This one seems unfired since it left the factory, but suffered a little bit of neglect. There's some light surface rust on the lower front right of the frame, and on one side of the cylinder. Nothing very bad at all. The worst part, though, is that there is some very minor pitting in the last inch of the bore, also on the right side. I suspect it won't matter much for plinking with mild cast loads, but I was disappointed about it. If it wasn't for that, I would consider this a perfect example of a shooter.
Since I do have a .32 H&R Single Six and a .327 Federal Bisley Single Seven, I'll never load this one over 850-900 fps. I'll just have to find what 90 or 100 gr bullet it likes best and stick with that.