32 long

[dstarver]

I am trying to get some help on the old Hand Ejector the book calls for a S&W logo but there is none on this revolver.
Do you think it has been polished out?? all the other letters and pat'n numbers are perfect. 32smith.jpg

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[Muley Gil]

Welcome to the Forum.

Seeing the serial number on the front strap and the "cut" on the back strap indicates that you have a .32 Regulation Police. The grips have been replaced. The ones from the factory would have converted the revolver to a square butt.

The S&W logo tended to vary both in size and from side to side. Many revolvers that were built in the WW I era had no logos at all.

Nice little gun there.

[glowe]

Your Model 1903 sure looks original. The earliest Regulation Police in the SWCA Database was shipped in 1917, so it is likely yours was shipped in 1917 or 1918. Logos returned around 1919.

[dstarver]

Originally Posted by glowe

Your Model 1903 sure looks original. The earliest Regulation Police in the SWCA Database was shipped in 1917, so it is likely yours was shipped in 1917 or 1918. Logos returned around 1919.

thanks for the Information. The pearl grips must have been the thing in the little guns day.

[DCWilson]

The pearl stocks on the gun now are postwar replacement stocks. It is probable that the stocks on your gun when it shipped were like these: square butt checkered walnut with dished gold medallions.



Can you share the serial number of your gun, or at least the first four digits? I'm guessing it will lie between 258000 and 278000, but I could be estimating a little low on the high end.

[dstarver]

Serial # 260###

[glowe]

Originally Posted by dstarver

Serial # 260###

That serial number puts your 32 HE at 1917-1918 ship date.