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22-32 Heavy Frame Target
Got a call the other day from a friend that works in the large locally owned gun shop. They had a gun labeled ".22 hand ejector". He wasn't sure what it was, but was confident it was mis-marked. What made me hop right in the car was him saying that it had the strangest grips, with two screws, unlike anything he had seen on an S&W.
Silly thing is - what made me reach for my wallet was the beautiful contrast of the Blued frame and ejector rod with the case hardened ejector knob. I had never noticed that feature before, I always thought they were all blued.
I'm not sure what the going rate is for these, so I may have paid "too early", but time will tell.
Serial number is 240435 and it matches everywhere including the grips.
It has a cosmetically challenged side plate, no scratches, but the bluing is worn in an odd fashion. Pictures are a funny thing - in the pictures where you can barely see any issue with the side plate - it is actually worse than that. In the picture where it looks really really bad, it is actually much better than that.
And now the ugly: (not really as bad as it appears - the big white streak below the cylinder is actually the camera flash not a flaw)
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10-20-2014, 11:34 AM
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Those guns are very fun to shoot too. See if you can find some SV ammo for it.
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10-20-2014, 12:01 PM
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22/32
Looks identical to my SN 496748 [ see attachment ] which shipped in March of 1929.
Another post detailed SN 240007 shipped 12/8/1916.
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10-20-2014, 01:14 PM
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Sweet! In the case of my HFT, "cosmetically challenged" is an extremely kind understatement... BUUUTTT, it's a lot of fun to shoot. I don't know whether it is sacrilege or what, but I shoot Federal Auto Match™ (bulk) ammo in mine. It seems to do fine with that fodder. My example came with a badly bulged barrel which was replaced with a NOS one from Larry Poppert. It will never win a beauty contest, but then again, neither will I!
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10-20-2014, 01:14 PM
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Yes, probably 1916 with that serial number. Very nice score.
Probably a good policy not to shoot HV ammo in guns that were manufactured before that ammo became available.
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10-20-2014, 03:02 PM
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Beautiful gun. I too, am drawn to the ejector knob "in the white". Is the knob removable or part of the rod? Prior to 1909, they were a separate part. Your gun is quite a bit later than that. Regardless, that's a mighty fine piece you've got there. And you didn't buy it too early. You bought it just in the nick of time.
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Yes, probably 1916 with that serial number. Very nice score.
Probably a good policy not to shoot HV ammo in guns that were manufactured before that ammo became available.
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My rule of thumb on this is to shoot HV ammo in guns built late enough to have the "improved" heat treatment for the cylinders. I figure that and the recessed chambers give me sufficient margin of strength for at least the semi-HV Federal Auto Match ammo I favor. Am I playing with dynamite?
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Beautiful gun. I too, am drawn to the ejector knob "in the white". Is the knob removable or part of the rod? Prior to 1909, they were a separate part.
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Knobs are still separate as late as 1917 into the 200000 range and possibly later on 32s.
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The separate knobs are not in the white. They were case hardened.
On a part that small, there are seldom any colors visible. They usually have a dull gray color even when new, and sometimes get a little more silvery with age and use.
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This gun shipped 12/16.
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