S&W K32 Project...
Lately I've been really jonesin' for a K32, to go with my K22s and K38 - have y'all SEEN what K32s are bringing these days?!?! JEEZ.
Murbach has told me a few times about a K32 he had made up by Bowen many moons ago after his own fruitless search for an affordable original, and hinted that he had an extra brand-new K32Mag cylinder and original in-the-white K32 barrel laying around, which could be had for a specified sum if I could find a base sixgun. That proved to be easy, as our pal Matt Olivier told me he had an old K38 that had finish issues and a slightly-bulged-but-still-shootable barrel, which said sixgun could be had for a song. Furthermore, Matt offered to send Terry a brand-spankin'-new Ruger SR22 in exchange for Terry sending me the K32 parts (!), and it all came together yesterday when the K38 landed at the Hardware Store and the K32 parts landed in my mailbox. I had thought about having some nice custom stocks made for my K32 project, but the K38 arrived with a nice set of Diamond Targets numbered to the sixgun, so I'm thinking that will be about right.
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Terry also had a brand-new K22 cylinder/ejector, and sent it along. I had already corresponded with Bowen about the project, and he seemed genuinely excited about the prospect - he said it was one of his favorite sixguns in two of his favorite calibers: the K32 cylinder will be rechambered for 327 Federal, and the K22 cylinder will be rechambered for 32 WCF, making a neat little combo gun (able to shoot 32 WCF, 327 Federal, 32 Magnum, 32 S&W, and 32 ACP).
Good news / bad news on the Bowen front: GOOD NEWS is that he is a bit short-handed in his Shop, especially for S&W work, so he'll have to do the work himself; BAD NEWS is that he is a bit short-handed in his Shop, especially for S&W work, so he'll have to do the work himself. In other words, my sixgun will be built by the Master, but it may take a while.
Anyway, thanks to Terry and Matt (and Hamilton) for their contributions to this project! Now to send the parts off to Bowen and WAIT...........
Y'all see a future Gunblast article?
S&W K32 Project...
by Remington40x 
, SE PA, Friday, August 24, 2012, 10:01 (4476 days ago) @ Boge Quinn
Please, please, please do a Gunblast article on this project.
And if Mr. Bowen would take photos as the work progresses, that would be wonderful, too.
I'm green with envy, having lusted after K-32s for years and having missed out on a number of S&W 16s in .32H&R when they were available. I did finally satisfy my .32H&R craving with a Ruger Bisley small frame and an SP101, both of which are delightful little handguns, but neither of which is a K-32. (I also had Dan Pedersen rebore a Browning Lo-Wall from .22 Hornet to .32H&R, but that's a story for another time.)
Project... Great idea! That should be a fun little gun to
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Friday, August 24, 2012, 11:14 (4476 days ago) @ Boge Quinn
shoot. The owner of the first shop I worked in had his set K.22/32/38 and a 6" 19 to top it off. I have always liked the idea. Dean Grennel showed off his K-32 in the ABC's of Reloading- always made me want one of those.
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VERY cool Boge!
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Friday, August 24, 2012, 11:24 (4476 days ago) @ Boge Quinn
I have lusted after K-32's as well.
The stuff of dreams, Boge.
by brionic , Friday, August 24, 2012, 23:38 (4475 days ago) @ Boge Quinn
My dreams, anyway, and apparently yours too.
What a classy setup it will be, eased along by good friends and built by the master. You can't beat that, but you will be able to shoot it!