22/32 Target Model auction purchase

[mrcvs]

I don't show a shipping date for that one but it should have an assembly order number stamped into the left stock bottom if the stocks are original.

I have recorded 16 stock imprint numbers in this group of 490 guns and see no guns with higher serial numbers receiving this marking. The range in my database is 2117 as a low to a high of 2582.

This is why I have made the assumption that the stock imprint numbers never went higher than the mid 2,000's.

Does your gun have the imprint?

Admittedly, I have a weakness for these .22/32 HFT revolvers with the stamped numbers. Revolver No 208106 is stamped 2313. It was manufactured 25 November 1913 and shipped 19 February 1914 to M W Robinson.

Since this numbering of the stocks is so intriguing, I once took the style of numbers Smith & Wesson used on these stocks and tried to match it up with common font styles on the internet and never found a match. Any ideas what font style Smith & Wesson utilized?

 

[JSR III]

shipped 19 February 1914 to M W Robinson.

Are you sure of that date? I show the Robinson shipments on Jan 31, Feb 18, Feb 21, Feb 27 and March 19.

 

[mrcvs]

Are you sure of that date? I show the Robinson shipments on Jan 31, Feb 18, Feb 21, Feb 27 and March 19.

In this thread in Post No 16, I state I discovered in a roundabout way this revolver shipped 19 Feb 1914, except I can't quite recall what exactly this roundabout way was???

.22/32 HFT with deep scratch in cylinder

 

[larryofcc]

Larry the .22/32's all have a 6 digit serial numbers until the 4" kit guns came out. In 1929 my database shows guns in the 492XXX range and up. Perhaps 495642???? I have that one listed with a 1/1929 ship date which because there is no DAY listed, it usually came from the SWCA ship date forum. Roy only gives month and year.

My bad. I missed a digit. It's # 495642 and you have it correct. Sorry, I have a disability in my hands and have no feeling. Very hard to type. Big Larry

 

[Hondo44]

Since this numbering of the stocks is so intriguing, I once took the style of numbers Smith & Wesson used on these stocks and tried to match it up with common font styles on the internet and never found a match. Any ideas what font style Smith & Wesson utilized?

Highly likely it's a S&W proprietary font.

 

[TANZER]

22/32

Just as a point of reference my SN 496748 shipped Mar 15, 1929.
Info per letter from Roy Jinks.

 

[JSR III]

For those of you that are willing to share and add to the collective knowledge of this model, this is what I list in my database:

Serial number, 4 digit imprint #, ship date, destination, stocks and medallions, front sight, recessed chambers y/n, condition, extractor rod knob size (L, M, S), logo size and location, made in USA stamp?, last patent date, anything else interesting-box, return dates, shipped price, interesting recipient etc.

As I have said, I do not keep any owner information so please forgive me if I ask you about a gun when you have already given info. I don't know which gun belongs to whom.

You can post the info if you wish, you can PM me or email it. My email address is posted in my "about info". I can usually get most of what I need from clear photos of both sides of the gun if that is easier. Of course that would not show last patent date or recessed chambers or details on recipient, box or price.

Thank you in advance for your help. I will always answer and share any information that I have to those that ask.

 

[mrcvs]

Are you sure of that date? I show the Robinson shipments on Jan 31, Feb 18, Feb 21, Feb 27 and March 19.

What say ye, what shipment do you think it was in?

 

[JSR III]

What say ye, what shipment do you think it was in?

I have no idea as there were 3 M.W. Robinson shipments in February of 1914. You did request a ship date on the S&WCA ship date forum and Roy stated that the gun shipped in February of 1914 but he does not supply the day. Therefore it could either be the 18th, the 21st or the 27th but there was no shipment on the 19th to Robinson and after a quick look at my database I don't see any shipments to anyone on 2/19.

Unfortunately, although unlike the Bekeart guns, the Robinson guns were in sequential serial number order from the first to the last but they were not shipped in serial number order. Therefore even if I had ones close by in serial number they could have shipped in different shipments.

 

[tjpopkin]

Admittedly, I have a weakness for these .22/32 HFT revolvers with the stamped numbers. Revolver No 208106 is stamped 2313. It was manufactured 25 November 1913 and shipped 19 February 1914 to M W Robinson.

Since this numbering of the stocks is so intriguing, I once took the style of numbers Smith & Wesson used on these stocks and tried to match it up with common font styles on the internet and never found a match. Any ideas what font style Smith & Wesson utilized?

THE FONT IS "AMERICAN TYPEWRITER" in one of the iterations of semi-bold, bold, etc....need to match size and variety.

 

[tjpopkin]

Highly likely it's a S&W proprietary font.

Hondo,
since I do design and graphics in my photography, I have 3000 fonts on my mac....did a match: AMERICAN TYPEWRITER.

 

[mrcvs]

THE FONT IS "AMERICAN TYPEWRITER" in one of the iterations of semi-bold, bold, etc....need to match size and variety.

I'll be darned, that's it! I'm not sure how I missed that!

Font American Typewriter Regular - download font

 

[Hondo44]

Hondo,
since I do design and graphics in my photography, I have 3000 fonts on my mac....did a match: AMERICAN TYPEWRITER.

Thank you. Nothing better than knowledge!

Here's the numbers:

old typewriter font numbers - Google Search

 

[JSR III]

THE FONT IS "AMERICAN TYPEWRITER" in one of the iterations of semi-bold, bold, etc....need to match size and variety.

Terry that is great that another mystery is solved. My question now is however, how the heck did they get the stocks into a typewriter???