32-44 Smith & Wesson Target "Bullet Design" confirmed!

[BMur]

Wood handle mold

Tony,
Sorry about your friend. I've also attended several funerals lately. We have no choice but to keep moving!

I was hoping you'd say it was a wood handled mold. It actually would have to be if it was a Legitimate 32-44 mold. I have never seen one but makes sense that Winchester would make one. That one would go for a lot if it was unaltered!

Murph

 

[Tony M.]

Since we're kind of collecting data points here, I thought I'd mention as I was going through some molds recently that I'd collected over time, I came across another S&W mold for the .32-44 or .320 RR. It casts a .322" RB (for gallery loads) and has a primer seating chamber that accepts the 32-44 case. This one is a bit earlier and pre-dates S&W adding their wooden 'peanut' handles to the molds.

 

[BMur]

Revolving rifle

I've seen those also. I believe those are gallery load round balls for the Revolving Rifle, since those early iron handle molds were discontinued prior to 1887 and the introduction of the 32-44 target.

Rare mold.



Murph