32-20 ship date query for great-grandfather's revolver

[bumgarb]

We received our "Factory Letter" on July 16, 2025.
I don't know who keeps databases of these, but for those interested:

Smith & Wesson .32-20 Hand Ejector of 1905 Fourth Change
(aka .32-20 Military and Police Model, Square Butt)
Serial number: 106487
Ship date: March 24, 1922

Thank you again to everyone who contributed information to this thread. We are thrilled to have all the collected information about this firearm.

 

[Muley Gil]

We received our "Factory Letter" on July 16, 2025.
I don't know who keeps databases of these, but for those interested:

Smith & Wesson .32-20 Hand Ejector of 1905 Fourth Change
(aka .32-20 Military and Police Model, Square Butt)
Serial number: 106487
Ship date: March 24, 1922

Thank you again to everyone who contributed information to this thread. We are thrilled to have all the collected information about this firearm.

Who did it ship to, a gunshop, a hardware store, an individual, etc.?

 

[JP@AK]

Smith & Wesson .32-20 Hand Ejector

SN: 106487

For what it is worth, .32-20 HE, serial number 106473, left the factory in August 1922.

 

[4K2022]

1915 - 1940
Improved Service Sights was One of the changes that appeared around this serial number range.
Can’t see the top strap on these Frames but Hawg Rider’s 6” might have ? The improved Sights?

GREAT story btw

 

[bumgarb]

Who did it ship to, a gunshop, a hardware store, an individual, etc.?

It shipped to The Richards & Conover Hardware Company, 5th & Wyandotte, Kansas City, Missouri. The great-grandfather who bought the gun lived in the Kansas City area at the time.