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10-26-2012, 02:24 PM
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Top-break .32 Nickel in 98%+ Original Condition ...
I recently acquired a .32 Top Break, Nickel with Pearl Grips, that appears to be in near "unfired" condition ... The Serial Range is: 45xxx
and I was hoping to find out what year it was manufactured ... I was in the Firearms Business over 30 years and bought, sold, traded thousands of Anitque and Modern Firearms ... However, I have never seen of the these pistols in such Beautiful Original Condition ... It must be seen to believe.
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10-26-2012, 03:02 PM
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Need some pictures so we can identify the correct model, but I'm guessing it is a .32 Double Action, 4th Model. Does it look like the one below (except for the grips)?
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10-26-2012, 04:36 PM
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Yes ...
It looks just like that one. Here are a few Pictures.
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10-26-2012, 10:08 PM
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From the pictures posted, you don't have a 98% gun! You have a gun that is as close to 100% as one can get. I do not even see a turn line on the cylinder - a great 32 S&W.
Your revolver is called a 32 Safety Hammerless, 1st Model. S&W guns are dated by thier shipping date. Serial number in the 45,000 range would have been shipped aroun 1892 -1894. There were atound 91,500 manufactured from 1888-1902.
Very nice S&W indeed.
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10-26-2012, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by glowe
From the pictures posted, you don't have a 98% gun! You have a gun that is as close to 100% as one can get. I do not even see a turn line on the cylinder - a great 32 S&W.
Your revolver is called a 32 Safety Hammerless, 1st Model. S&W guns are dated by thier shipping date. Serial number in the 45,000 range would have been shipped aroun 1892 -1894. There were atound 91,500 manufactured from 1888-1902.
Very nice S&W indeed.
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Thank You for the information and the compliment ... I am not an Antique Firearm Collector, so this little gem may find a new home soon IF the right offer is made ... I plan to attend the upcoming Big Reno Gun Show next month and will bring it along unless it's gone.
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11-14-2012, 02:42 PM
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Can't make it to Reno, so it's off to GunBroker she goes ...
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Originally Posted by IPSC-GM
I recently acquired a .32 Top Break, Nickel with Pearl Grips, that appears to be in near "unfired" condition ... The Serial Range is: 45xxx
and I was hoping to find out what year it was manufactured ... I was in the Firearms Business over 30 years and bought, sold, traded thousands of Anitque and Modern Firearms ... However, I have never seen of the these pistols in such Beautiful Original Condition ... It must be seen to believe.
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