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It is a 1905. The 1903 was a smaller frame. Also your gun is considered a 5-screw. Some people say that the round butt is a Model of 1902 and the square butt is a Model of 1905.
Here is my Model of 1905 in .38 Special.:
Edit: Oops. Yes a Model of 1902 and a 4-screw. My mistake.
It is a 1905. The 1903 was a smaller frame. Also your gun is considered a 5-screw. Some people say that the round butt is a Model of 1902 and the square butt is a Model of 1905.
Here is my Model of 1905 in .38 Special.:
Edit: Oops. Yes a Model of 1902 and a 4-screw. My mistake.
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Hi, Dennis! Welcome to the forum! You have a .32-20 Military & Police, Model 1902, 1st Change made around 1904. Your gun has a round butt and an action made up of levers and flat springs that is characteristic of the Model 1902. That changed with the Model 1905 which introduced the rebound slide action and square butt frame. Your model was known internal to S&W as "the Winchester Model." The caliber stamp was .32 Winchester up to around 1914 when it changed to .32 W.C.F., then changed again around 1923 to .32-20. All these designations are for the same cartridge.
It is neither a Model 1903 nor 1905. It is a Model of 1902, and it probably shipped late in the year 1904. The round butt units were cataloged as the Model 1902. In addition, yours clearly lacks the fifth screw, which would be located in the front of the trigger guard to retain the front-loaded cylinder stop plunger and spring. That change was not made until 1905.
The Model 1902 was called a 4 screw revolver because it did not have a cylinder stop screw in the front of the trigger guard. The Model 1902, 1st Change was made from, 1903 to 1905 and was in serial number range 9812 to 18125.
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Officially, S&W ceased using the Model of 1902 and the Model of 1905 nomenclature around 1915, and began cataloging and advertising them as The (caliber) Military and Police Model, respectively either round butt or square butt. The .32-20 chambering ceased production around 1929-30, but continued to be sold out of inventory for years afterward. The .32-20 M&P was not a big seller compared to the same revolver chambered in .38. You may have discovered that .32-20 factory ammunition is difficult to find and expensive. Most of the round butt K-frame revolvers shipped with black hard rubber grips, but wooden grips were available.
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