Got the Hopkins & Allen Safety Police small frame top break 32S&W out and gave it a Spa Day.
It's a small 5 shot Auto Ejecting Top Break.
The Galco OWB Holster for my S&W DA Model 4 also fits the little H&A so that is what I generally use.
This Safety Police was likely made in 1914 or 1915 just at the end of Hopkins & Allen but was another design that could be carried with a live round under the hammer. At rest, the hammer sat above the firing pin and against the frame itself ...
... but when the trigger is pulled all the way back the hammer cams down and when the seer is tripped strikes the firing pin.
As the trigger is reset the hammer cam raises it back up above the firing pin.
The DA trigger pull is something north of 12 pounds but SA around 4-5 pounds. Recoil of the 32 S&W shorts is perhaps even less than modern 22LR from a 3" barrel but with an 85grain bullet instead of the considerable faster 22LR 36-40 grain. Accuracy out to about ten yards is very good but it's really a five yard sweet spot. Partly that's a function of the sights, or more honestly the lack thereof. Typical of the time the sights are a small rear notch and a front blade.
It's a small 5 shot Auto Ejecting Top Break.
The Galco OWB Holster for my S&W DA Model 4 also fits the little H&A so that is what I generally use.
This Safety Police was likely made in 1914 or 1915 just at the end of Hopkins & Allen but was another design that could be carried with a live round under the hammer. At rest, the hammer sat above the firing pin and against the frame itself ...
... but when the trigger is pulled all the way back the hammer cams down and when the seer is tripped strikes the firing pin.
As the trigger is reset the hammer cam raises it back up above the firing pin.
The DA trigger pull is something north of 12 pounds but SA around 4-5 pounds. Recoil of the 32 S&W shorts is perhaps even less than modern 22LR from a 3" barrel but with an 85grain bullet instead of the considerable faster 22LR 36-40 grain. Accuracy out to about ten yards is very good but it's really a five yard sweet spot. Partly that's a function of the sights, or more honestly the lack thereof. Typical of the time the sights are a small rear notch and a front blade.
