Folks,
I need a bit of help narrowing down a revolver that was my grandads:
S&W 32 revolver
Type: Hand Ejector
Serial Number: B 20785 (the b only appears on the extractor shroud.)
Cartridge / Caliber: .32 Long CTG
Barrel Length: 4 1/4
Sights: Fixed
It is a five screw model
It has a strain screw at the bottom of the front grip strap.
I have the Standard Book of S&W and have searched the .32 section and can not find this one.
It looks a lot like a regulation police and generally fits the description of the Model 1903 HE 2nd model. (1st model does not have locking lug or thumb piece and this one does)
Round butt
5 screw
4 ¼ barrel
Round blade front sight forged to barrel
Locking lug
Pinned barrel
Cylinder stop on the bottom
S&W logo on the side plate (this is the only model I found in the book with the logo on the plate)
On the barrel:
SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS USA
PAT’D APR 9 1889 MAR 27 1894 MAY 21 1895
AUG 4 1896 DEC 22 1896 OCT 4 1898 OCT 8
1901 DEC 17 1901 SEPT 2 1902 JULY 7 1903
32 LONG CTG
Grips don’t seem to match but were probably replaced. They don’t look like they fit (there is a space at the top).
The book says serial nos. stop at 19425 and this one’s serial no. is 20785.
Serial number fits 1st change but there is no ’small S&W monogram” that I can see on the left side and it has Pat’d dates that aren’t mentioned in any of the .32s (APR 9 1889 and July 7 1903.
Any ideas?
I need a bit of help narrowing down a revolver that was my grandads:
S&W 32 revolver
Type: Hand Ejector
Serial Number: B 20785 (the b only appears on the extractor shroud.)
Cartridge / Caliber: .32 Long CTG
Barrel Length: 4 1/4
Sights: Fixed
It is a five screw model
It has a strain screw at the bottom of the front grip strap.
I have the Standard Book of S&W and have searched the .32 section and can not find this one.
It looks a lot like a regulation police and generally fits the description of the Model 1903 HE 2nd model. (1st model does not have locking lug or thumb piece and this one does)
Round butt
5 screw
4 ¼ barrel
Round blade front sight forged to barrel
Locking lug
Pinned barrel
Cylinder stop on the bottom
S&W logo on the side plate (this is the only model I found in the book with the logo on the plate)
On the barrel:
SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS USA
PAT’D APR 9 1889 MAR 27 1894 MAY 21 1895
AUG 4 1896 DEC 22 1896 OCT 4 1898 OCT 8
1901 DEC 17 1901 SEPT 2 1902 JULY 7 1903
32 LONG CTG
Grips don’t seem to match but were probably replaced. They don’t look like they fit (there is a space at the top).
The book says serial nos. stop at 19425 and this one’s serial no. is 20785.
Serial number fits 1st change but there is no ’small S&W monogram” that I can see on the left side and it has Pat’d dates that aren’t mentioned in any of the .32s (APR 9 1889 and July 7 1903.
Any ideas?
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