I recently inherited a Smith & Wesson 32 long revolver from my late grandfather. It has 32 Long CTG stamped on the barrel and the last patent date is July 7th 1903. It has pearl grips and the serial number is 25363. It is a six cylinder hand ejector. Most of the original finish has worn, but I am pretty sure it was blued. There are no signs of it ever being refinished or tampered with. I don't ever plan on selling it, but I would like to know what its worth, and any information on it. Anything that you guys can tell me would be very much appreciate. And now.....the pics!!!




Shot at 2010-01-31


Shot at 2010-01-31


Shot at 2010-01-31


Shot at 2010-01-31

Welcome to the Forum.

If the serial number you posted came from the butt, it is a .32 Hand Ejector, 1st change, and was shipped around 1904-1906.

Cash value would be around $200, but since it came from your grandfather, it is priceless.

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John 3:16
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Very cool, no amount of money would make me part with it.

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Dom

Thanks for the speedy reply. I love this revolver, and I wouldn't part with it for anything. Its one of three revolvers that I inherited from my grandfather. The other two are in my avatar. An interesting side not is, supposedly its been in my family for a very long time, my grandfather got it from his grandfather. What makes that so interesting is that my family is from South GA, and African Americans haven't always been able to buy handguns in the south.

Kuntry08 (and others who have inherited family guns), I envy you the heirloom firearms. My grandparents on my father's side weren't gun people, and on my mother's side may as well not have been -- she was the youngest of 10 kids, and if there were any family firearms they went to older siblings. I did get a vest pocket Colt .25 from the estate of one of her brothers, but it was just something he picked up in the 1930s when he was wandering -- not really a family gun in the main sense of the word. I don't know where I came by the interest, but at least my grandkids will each have a gun or two from grandpa if they want them.

Anyway, nice old gun. I'm glad you've got it.

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David Wilson

It will always bring back memories of grandpa

My wife's grandfather rode with Pershing..yup on horseys.
We still have a Smith knock off 32break top that he carrried in his boot top and his sword.

The 1911 he mustered out with is MIA.

She would not sell that boot gun for anything!

Pete

Very cool, I can relate. When my father passed away, my stepmom gave me all his rifles and pistols. She knew how important it was to me. When my dad and I had nothing to talk about we could always talk about guns. In a way he is always around Enjoy

Cool guns and great family history.

I have some guns that belonged to my Grandfather on my moms side ( he is still alive, but 95 and slowing down fast) including my double great grandfathers Parker hammer shotgun and my fathers father who died when my dad was only 13. these things that you can actually hold and use for the same reasons our forefathers did ( self defense, game for the table) that they sweated on, bled on and relied on is magically special to me.

As you indicated, the earliest gun control laws were specifically directed at African-Americans and even the term "Saturday Night Special" that antis are so wanton to use freely comes from an ugly racist term. but when did racism ever stop anybody who wants to impede our freedoms ?

And welcome to the forum!
Tim

Gun laws have always been hardest on the poor who by nature of thier surroundings are more likely to be victims.

Gubment rarely get's it right but they keep trying...bless thier little hearts.

I like you have my grandfathers Smith & Wesson. Mine is a M&P, and like yours is priceless. There nothing quite like owning a piece of family history. Holding them and imagining them at gun ranges rekindles feelings, and memories that can not be described.

I also have one .32 long very similar to yours, pearl grips and all.
only mine is nickle. mine too is priceless.
mine belonged to my grandfather, and has a great story.
After my grandpa passed away, my uncle gave me the gun and told me never to sell it. He also told me the story on it.

The story:
Many years ago my grandpa bought the gun from a feller who bought the gun specifically to kill a man with. The guy carried the gun in his pocket for years (wore the nickle finish off the cylinder) and never got the nerve to kill the guy, so he sold it to my grandpa.
so now I have the gun that was almost a murder weapon.
I thought it was a neat story.

although the gun is probably only worth a few hundred bucks, it will always be priceless to me.

"Its one of three revolvers that I inherited from my grandfather. The other two are in my avatar. An interesting side not is, supposedly its been in my family for a very long time, my grandfather got it from his grandfather. What makes that so interesting is that my family is from South GA, and African Americans haven't always been able to buy handguns in the south."

I'm glad that you have this family gun. Years ago, I bought a double barrelled W. Richards (Belgian) hammer shotgun from an older man who said that it belonged to his father, a farmer. There was a black man living on the property back then and he would borrow this shotgun in order to shot crows and blackbirds for his dinner table.

I've been hungry before, but not THAT hungry.

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Thanks again for all the replies. Since this seems to be a pretty common revolver, I think I will start collecting them. Since getting it, I've gained a whole new respect for Old Smiths.