Great grandfathers gun.
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Edited to add: My error, per posts below.
Turned our to be postwar.
From the Standard Catalog of Smith&Wesson, 3rd edition:
Wow! What a wonderful inheritance!
Turned our to be postwar.
From the Standard Catalog of Smith&Wesson, 3rd edition:
Wow! What a wonderful inheritance!
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It's a six-digit serial number! Postwar?
Wow! What a great gift!...Letter it for sure to know when and where it shipped and preserve its history... 
...Ben
...Ben
Definitely postwar. Serial number, four-line address, stocks, red box etc.
What a great birthday gift! Congratulations.
What a great birthday gift! Congratulations.
Welcome to the Forum. That serial number would have shipped around 1952. You must be young since my great-grandfathers fought in the Civil War!
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I am 74 and my grandfather was to young to fight in WWI, His father, my great grandfather, was to young for the Civil War. My Great Great Grandfather was a Union officer in the Great Debate as my Grandfather refereed to the Civil War
Grayfox
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Congratulations! Those little .32s are wonderful guns and tons of fun. 
SGT ROCK 11B
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Massachusetts units on father’s side. New Yorker’s on mother’s side.
SGT ROCK 11B
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That what makes ancestry dot com so interesting. Some people are having children in their teens and others in the late 30s.
The Great Debate ended in 1865. A person who was 15 then had a kid at 16, followed by a grand child at 32, then a great grand child at 48, a great great at 64, then a ggg at 80 then a gggg at 96 and a generation e very following 16 would make 19 generations now. That is likely the most generations if at all. . One finishing the war at 40, and having a child flowing with another generation every 40 could have a grand son born in 1945 and a great grand son born in 1985 and a great great in 2025 That is likely about as few generations that have occurred.
My grand father, Tim, was born in 1899, his father, John, was born in the 1870s. my father, Bill, wasn't born until 1931 and I was born in 51. The first of my line in America, a John, appeared in Boston in 1635, His direct descendant, another John enlisted in the Continental army in 1775. My family tree is full of Johns and Sarahs
My grand father, Tim, was born in 1899, his father, John, was born in the 1870s. my father, Bill, wasn't born until 1931 and I was born in 51. The first of my line in America, a John, appeared in Boston in 1635, His direct descendant, another John enlisted in the Continental army in 1775. My family tree is full of Johns and Sarahs
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Nice family treasure.
cowboy94916
Member
Nice inheritance. My grandsons will get my dad's guns soon and some of mine. Want them to enjoy them while i am here.
I had one great-grandfather and 6 great-great-grandfathers (out of eight) in the Civil War from Michigan and Indiana. My great grandfather was 25 and my great great grandfathers ranged from 19 to 45 when entering the war.
hkcavalier
US Veteran
Genealogy can be fun...I'm not quite 50, but both my father and his father started families late in life, so I have grandparents born at the end of the 1800s. Not quite as impressive as President Tyler's living grandchildren, but that's certainly an edge case.
Not to get off onto a bad subject, but the 32 year old grandparent trope isn't quite as impressive...
Not to get off onto a bad subject, but the 32 year old grandparent trope isn't quite as impressive...
