needing work done

madmax66 · #1 01-25-2009, 09:45 AM

I was giving a 32 S&W premier pat. oct.8 1895 it is missing the front sight and the trigger and hammer is not working. Could it be sent back to the factory or should I find a gun smith

madmax66 · #2 01-25-2009, 09:45 AM

I was giving a 32 S&W premier pat. oct.8 1895 it is missing the front sight and the trigger and hammer is not working. Could it be sent back to the factory or should I find a gun smith

H Richard · #3 01-25-2009, 10:09 AM

The factory will no longer work on guns this old. Parts are very scarce, and the cost of refurbishing may easily exceed the value of the gun. Unless the condition is outstanding and/or it is a family heirloom you may not want to consider further work on it.

opoefc · #4 01-26-2009, 12:18 AM

madmax66, What's a "Premier?" Are you sure it's a Smith & Wesson? Other makers used the name "Premier" on their guns, which were cheaply made, but marked to use .32 S&W caliber ammo. to fool ignorant buyers into thinking they were getting a real S&W revolver.

Gazz · #5 01-29-2009, 08:43 AM

Harrington and Richardson made a Premier top break revolver, in .22 cal and .32 S&W. It is most likely one of those. Parts are probably available from Numrich but paying somebody to do the work would exceed the value of the revolver. Buy the parts and tinker with it yourself.

madmax66 · #6 02-06-2009, 05:55 AM

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Harrington and Richardson

Yes it is a Harrington and Richardson 32. I'm sorry for saying it was a S&W. It looks so close to a smith I can see why one could get confused.

opoefc · #7 02-07-2009, 11:40 AM

A lot of us have probably been fooled at first, or at least confused by look alike guns, over the years. I once bought a small collection of S&Ws, from just the photos sent to me, that included what appeared to be a Nimschke engraved S&W .38 Double Action. Seller thought it was a S&W. Price was right , so I bought the collection. Turned out to be a Nimschke presentation engraved Marlin .38 DA, 100 times rarer than a S&W, and worth much, much more than I paid. In fact, research on it indicated that Marlin may have paid S&W to forge the frames for their DA revolvers, as they are exact in size and configuration, but only a small amont were made and they were the last Marlin revolvers made, circa 1880s. Sometimes even a blind pig finds an acorn! Ed.

WILDCATT · #8 03-04-2009, 06:31 PM

I know Smiths so one day I am at a gun show and a dealer was selling out[divorce]there was a revolver for $30.bingbingbing and I bought the 38 S&Ws couple parts missing I have them at home.went to take the side plate off.no screws no side plate ding dong I had a spanish copy.I still have it and when I took it to club to shoot it shot a very tight group.so all was not lost.