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Originally Posted by Aussie Collector
Interesting...
K32 manufacturing did start in 1948 with the first one possibly completed in 1949.
The key Id feature here being a "K" in the serial number.
so possibly the K-32 Hand Ejector First Model. Should be called "32 Hand Ejector First Model (pre K32)" or "32 Hand Ejector Target (pre K32)" made from 1938 to 1940.
Id being no "K" in the serial number.
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Maybe, seems like a pre-war post-war differentiation works. Usually the collector community accepts whatever the S&W Letter says versus what any of us think it should say though. As to the K not being in the serial number, true enough, but also true that it is a K frame so calling it a K-32 seems appropriate too. Since the letter calls those 94 pre-war 32 targets First Model K-32s I think it's hard to argue that they are not.
Jeff
SWCA #1457