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Over at the other blog...

"So the above photo has two Smith & Wesson rimfire revolvers, built probably about thirty years or so apart. The top one is a .22/.32 Heavy Frame Target, an I-frame revolver built probably sometime in the late 1920s. The lower one is a Model 34 Kit Gun, dating to the late '50s and built on the Improved I-frame.

If you look at the cylinders...specifically the rear of the cylinders...you will notice a difference. If you pop open the .22/.32 Heavy Frame, the rear of the cylinder looks strange to anyone accustomed to Smith & Wesson rimfire revolvers, because the charge holes are not recessed to accommodate the rims of the cartridges."

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Incidentally, that copy of Hatcher's Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers I have is something of a prized possession. It's a nice leather-bound, gilt-edged reprint from '85. I stumbled across it while browsing at Powell's in Portland with Farmer Frank back in 2012. When I told him I didn't have a copy, he looked surprised and fronted me the dough for this one on the spot.