"RARE" 32-44 Target "Transitional" loading kit
I just got this in the mail. Story from the seller is this 90 year old gentleman passed last year. He found this at the Estate sale in a storage room on a lower shelf.
I'm amazed at the condition but more so that it basically shouldn't exist...This is the earlier design kit with the instructions on the outer lid. Green box with Pumpkin Orange label but its for a 32-44 Target New Model 3? That doesn't make sense to me since the Target variation was introduced in 1887 the exact same year that the "Improved Kit" was cataloged by Smith & Wesson.... So, I'm thinking that it's a transitional kit. Check out the two molds? In 1887 it should be a peanut mold, two dies, longer box, etc. I've also never seen a target bullet in one of the earlier iron molds!
I believe that all the parts are original to this kit.
Has anyone seen one of these before?
Murph
Last edited by BMur; 10-10-2020 at 06:17 PM.
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