Does anyone know if a. 32 long barrel from a later S/W pined fit my 1905 HE. It's got a little pitting in the barrel.It's a good shooter as is but would like a barrel without pitting.
Thanks, Gary

Hi Gary,

The 32 Long was the model 1903, I frame. Is it a model 1903 I frame or a 32-20 Win M1905 K frame ?

There's a post WW II 32 long M&P model K frame.

Barrels will only interchange within frame size. Pinned or not makes no difference.

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Jim
S&WCA #819

The Model of 1905 (the name used by S&W for the K-frame revolver until just before WWI) was made only in .38 Special and .32-20. If you indeed have a K-frame revolver chambered in .32-20, the only replacement barrel that will fit is another .32-20 barrel, not one in .32 S&W Long. The earlier K-frame .32 barrels will be stamped either ".32 Winchester" or ".32 W.C.F." while later ones wil be stamped ".32-20". Be aware that barrel replacement is not something an individual without the correct fixtures and tools, and knowledge in their use, should be doing.

Pitted barrels are common from the black powder/corrosive primer era. If you find another barrel it will not have the matching serial number of the original one, which would make a difference should you decide to sell it.

If it is a good shooter, personally I would be inclined to leave it alone, or sell it for a pristine one if it bothered me that much. Good luck in your decision.

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Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

Give us a serial number range and if the revolver has any letters stamped on the butt ahead of the serial number?? I believe that the 32-20 guns had a couple of different cuts made in the barrel flat to fit the ejector rod knob. If so, you would need to find the right era barrel to fit with the knob.

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Gary
SWCA 2515

It's a. 1903 .32 S/W long HE.I guess, I thought it was. a 1905 but it is an I frame. My wife and I both like the gun and it shoots great, may just leave it alone...

I probably would leave it alone as well, especially if it shoots well. I've seen low velocity cartridge guns shoot very well with awful pitting and even a bulge in the barrel. Hi velocity cartridges will not shoot as well with compromised barrel bores.

However, if it doesn't shoot accurately and you decide to replace the barrel, a correct barrel would not be difficult to find nor expensive on ebay and Gunbroker. And you can use any pre war I frame 32 long barrel and it will have the correct front sight.

If your gun is pre 1928 the extractor knob is the 'mushroom' style and will look like this. The barrel has a two step notch underneath for it to fit.
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If it's a post 1928 up to the late 1940s, you extractor knob is this ‘barrel’ style and the barrel has a single notch:



A single notch barrel can be used with the mushroom knob after a few file strokes to make the 2nd step.

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Jim
S&WCA #819