Today I got back to the range. It's been a rough few days down here. We had one of the local police officers shot and killed and today was his funeral.
But back to the range. Today was three 32s, the Bernardelli was yet again a joy to shoot but there were two other contenders; my Ortgies from 1923 or 1924 and a revolver, an H&R 732 today with 32S&W shorts. The Ortgies like the Brenardelli is a SA but striker rather than hammer fired. The grip safety is interesting as it locks in the fire position once squeezed and stays in fire until you press a button to return to the Safe status.
The Ortgies with the stock grips:
And with some slightly wider custom walnut grips:
And field stripped:
The H&R 732 did have some rounds that didn't fire on first strike. I'm not sure what the issue is yet since it was intermittent and all rounds fired on the second strike. It is unlikely to be light strike since it was not on every round and it was not always at the same chamber in the cylinder so it may just be ammo related. Next time I'll go back to the S&W 32 Long and see if I can duplicate the problem.