S&W model 1½ "tip up" revolver and St.John, New Brunswick City Police

Recently, while browsing through an auction site, and  I was pleased to come across a nickel plated S&W #1½ New model that was made between 1868-75,  which, at some time in the past, was a service pistol with the St.John NB Canada City Police Dept.

 this is my lovely factory blued .32 caliber rim fire S&W #1½ New model revolver! 

I think the first S&W rimfire revolvers were quite an elegant mechanical design, and it's too bad they didn't produce a .38RF "tip-up" model, like J.M Marlin did with their "Standard" series of tip-up revolvers.

The cartridges aren't original collectable & really expensive examples, they are like the widely available machined brass cases with off-center primer pockets that use 6mm rimfire starter pistol blanks, and filled with black powder, however, for the photo, the cases are empty and  I have seated a .32 caliber or .315" lead round ball.