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Old 11-19-2020, 05:53 PM
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Sometime in the 1940's, and possibly earlier, S&W was sending out an instruction sheet entitled Helpful Hints for the greater effectiveness and enjoyment of your Smith & Wesson Revolver. I am looking for a clean, high-resolution scan of this document that I can use for an article I plan to write about the evolution of the .32 Hand Ejector. Can anyone help?

And while I'm asking, I would also be grateful for any scans of early Smith & Wesson instructions, especially those showing exploded or interior views of any .32 Hand Ejector. In particular I'm looking for such a document for a First Model .32 Hand Ejector, if such exists.

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I am selling these.

They have never been folded nor placed into any gun boxes. They are as perfect as I have ever seen.

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I haven't double checked to be absolutely certain Chicoine's Antique Firearms Assembly/Disassembly has a schematic, along with myriad photographs of the process; but I'll be surprised if it doesn't.

And I'll be happy to send copies of any and all there if they're not available to you otherwise.

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I will look for that book.
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Maybe not exactly what your looking for, but I recently bought this and think it's pretty cool.
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CONTINUING---------------------

The .32 HE 1st (Model of 1896) is in the book I mentioned-------8 pages/schematic/9 large photos.

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https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/32HE/...View-c1948.jpg

Sometime in the 1940's, and possibly earlier, S&W was sending out an instruction sheet entitled Helpful Hints for the greater effectiveness and enjoyment of your Smith & Wesson Revolver. I am looking for a clean, high-resolution scan of this document that I can use for an article I plan to write about the evolution of the .32 Hand Ejector. Can anyone help?

And while I'm asking, I would also be grateful for any scans of early Smith & Wesson instructions, especially those showing exploded or interior views of any .32 Hand Ejector. In particular I'm looking for such a document for a First Model .32 Hand Ejector, if such exists.
You'll find excellent info on the different versions of "Helpful Hints" here:

Helpful Hints Pamphlet Variations

The 1st version is dated 7/51 as I recall, so they weren't used until then.

I did not find anything about the 32 HE Model 1896 - 1st Model in Chicoine's book mentioned above.
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Page 298, Hondo-------unless I've got the wrong gun---says "Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector First Model (Model of 1896)". Yes?

Ralph Tremaine

Let me know, 'cause he's sent a PM wanting the material.

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Page 298, Hondo-------unless I've got the wrong gun---says "Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector First Model (Model of 1896)". Yes?

Ralph Tremaine

Let me know, 'cause he's sent a PM wanting the material.
My apologies Ralph! I don't have that book, I was looking in his Guns of the Old West....I'll have to get that one!
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Yes, there are 8pages of info/photo's in Chicoine's Antique Firearms Assembly/Disassembly.

Hopefully still available, I bought mine long before he passed away.
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Yes, there are 8pages of info/photo's in Chicoine's Antique Firearms Assembly/Disassembly.

Hopefully still available, I bought mine long before he passed away.
It's available at Amazon for $120 in paperback, or a Kindle download for $15......Ben
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I have a S&W catalog of parts that includes the .32 Hand Ejector. I also included a page from the 85th Anniversary Catalog that shows the .32 Hand Ejector. Hope this helps!
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File Type: pdf Cover S&W Price List of Parts.pdf (1.81 MB, 14 views)
File Type: pdf Contents.pdf (1.05 MB, 8 views)
File Type: pdf Parts List 32 Hand Ejector.pdf (1.25 MB, 10 views)
File Type: pdf Parts List 32 Hand Ejector 2.pdf (609.4 KB, 12 views)
File Type: pdf S&W 85th Anniversary Catalog11232020.pdf (1.39 MB, 12 views)
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If your are looking for exploded parts lists for various S&W models, the link below and extended list.

General Reference Page - Smith & Wesson - Exploded Parts Diagrams
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Jerry Kuhnhausen's 'S&W Revolvers - A Shop Manual, 5th Edition' has a ton of exploded diagrams along with fine detail on every conceivable disassembly, repair/replace, test, and assembly step. It's $39 @ Amazon. A great companion to the Chicoine book.
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