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Old 03-04-2017, 11:42 PM
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I have a 32 top break revolver here is the info I have;
SN: 248713 frame and cylinder and grips
Bakelite ? Grips
Dbl action
Thanks for any help or insight,
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If it has a visible hammer, its a .32 Double Action, 4th model, shipped around 1900. The grips are hard rubber. The same serial number should also be on the barrel rear, between the "ears" and on the bottom of the barrel latch. Thousands of these guns were made and unless they are in almost new condition, values are modest. Ed.

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The stocks on S&W since the introduction of the black molded varieties were made of hard rubber. Some call hard rubber a plastic, but definitely not Bakelite plastic. Bakelite was claimed to be the first material made from synthetic resins, phenol formaldehyde, in about 1909. I believe the term hard rubber was adopted as a generic name for Ebonite. This material, containing up to 30% sulfur, was vulcanized and produced a very durable product that could be easily molded. The smell of warm hard rubber stocks is quite distinctive and that is the sulfur combined with rubber odors. Plastics, on the other hand, have a different distinctive chemical order when warmed.
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Im looking at my Jinks History book and am only coming up with three model 32 SH. Just need a correction. Best
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Thanks for the info fellows
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