The "Winchester Model", the .32-20, is my favorite S&W. I have several. Unfortunately this a case of "Lipstick on a pig". The gun is early 1920s, and probably in poor condition before someone polished the stuffing out of it, had it Nickeled, and put 1960s-1970s stocks on it trying to make it attractive. Honestly it is at least $100-$150 too high. Even if I needed a shooter grade .32-20 I wouldn't give $100 for it. It would have been worth more before re-finishing.
At least (1) they didn't ruin the sideplate/frame fit by overzealous polishing, and (2) didn't put a "Bumper Chrome" job on it! These are both positives. It's a real shame whoever did the polishing didn't know about flat polishing instead of just a buffing wheel on the left side of the frame! If it wasn't for this maybe $399 would be more acceptable.
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Last edited by Alk8944; 03-27-2015 at 11:18 PM.
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