Is the SS frame different between .22 & .32

[Star43]

I like the 357 super SS the most and it took the most machining. It could have fit 6 rounds but they had to make it a 5 shot for strength. The cylinder notches are the weak link being located in the center of the chambers. An uneven number of chambers locates the cylinder notches between the chambers. That's why the super SS 327 mag is a 7 shot.

The 32 single six and since seven center fire frames have certainly simplified conversions to other cartridges on the small frame.

When you mention a 5 round cylinder for strength, it makes me think of a gun I bought new in box years ago, and I never fired it. It is a nickel finished model 833 H&R 32 revolver. They were made near the end of the original H&R days. I grew up in Mass. and always had a soft spot for H&R. (I love my model 950. It is the Only one I have ever seen with the 2 separate wood grips). The 950 was from around 94.) Anyway, The 833 was made around '93. It is a solid all steel gun. A good friend of mine, now since retired and out of state sold it to me back then out of his gun shop. I used to ask him if I could shoot the 32 mag out of it, and he said it would probably work but not to try it. The cylinder on the 833 is a 6 shot. When H&R came out with their 32 mag gun a few years later (NEF) it was the SAME gun, but in 5 shots. To me the 833 is a more solid gun. I guess the cylinder makes the difference ?? I still think it would work, but anyway, that gun is still NIB.

 

[Star43]

When you mention a 5 round cylinder for strength, it makes me think of a gun I bought new in box years ago, and I never fired it. It is a nickel finished model 833 H&R 32 revolver. They were made near the end of the original H&R days. I grew up in Mass. and always had a soft spot for H&R. (I love my model 950. It is the Only one I have ever seen with the 2 separate wood grips). The 950 was from around 94.) Anyway, The 833 was made around '93. It is a solid all steel gun. A good friend of mine, now since retired and out of state sold it to me back then out of his gun shop. I used to ask him if I could shoot the 32 mag out of it, and he said it would probably work but not to try it. The cylinder on the 833 is a 6 shot. When H&R came out with their 32 mag gun a few years later (NEF) it was the SAME gun, but in 5 shots. To me the 833 is a more solid gun. I guess the cylinder makes the difference ?? I still think it would work, but anyway, that gun is still NIB.

Typo error above. The model 833 was made in '83 and the 950 was made a year later in 84. The original H&R, in good old Gardner. Mass. ended production in '86.