sipowicz1952
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I'm a long time lurker, but first time poster. I now have my grandfather's old S&W .32 CTG which I got from my late father. I'm wondering if it is a Regulation Police. The serial number is 51XXXX in all the appropriate places on the gun.. I'm assuming it is pre-WW2. It has .32 Long CTG on the barrel which is 4 1/4" on the right hand side of the it. The left side reads Smith & Wesson. In the bottom of the wooden grip it has Pat June 5, 1917. On the top of the barrel it Smith & Wesson Springfield, Mass. USA along with patented Feb. 8, 06, Sept. 14, 08, and Dec. 29, 14. The blued finish has faded. I included three pics, two with flash and one without flash. Hope this helps. It's a very solid gun with no rattles at all. I've only put one round through it, but would like to shoot it more. Should I? I did find a whole box of .32 Winchester ammo with only one shell used. That was in the closet which is probably 10+ years old. I have no idea if that caliber is hard to fins. I generally shoot my .38's and .22 rifle.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
