Beat up 32 my friend bought

[pasound]

My co-worker, the museum curator, is a collector. I think he was jealous of the 1924 .44 I found at our local Cabelas last month. I told him about a 32 nickel they had, which might be a good buy, and instead he bought one that Cabelas staff thought they could pad his credit card with. They have been doing this a lot with him.

This is what he bought.

 

[pasound]

A couple more pics

 

[Muley Gil]

That's not a Smith & Wesson; probably a Spanish copy.

 

[merl67]

What he said ^^^

 

[pasound]

The cylinder has no number. The barrel number is different from the butt. There seem to be no springs inside it. The mark around the cylinder is a canyon. It's junk, I told buyer and he was sad. Any idea why or where this Bubba 32 might have come from?

 

[Inland7-45]

There were several Spanish gunmakers that made copies of S&W top breaks and hand ejectors. This is most likely a Spanish copy. Half way through the first look the differences between a real S&W and the copy stand out.

 

[pasound]

Thanks. That's a good clue. The ejector is inset too far into the cylinder, and with no spring inside the acorn-headed ejector rod, I was wondering. I didn't get my screwdrivers out and open it, but would not be surprised if there was no rebound spring nor holder for it, nor a spring for the pawl. It's junk. Told him the Cabelas ripped him off. Sad.

 

[Moo Moo]

Did Cabelas advertise it as a S&W?

 

[pasound]

That's what he thought he bought. They did say is was not functional. Then again, I found my 1924 .44 there, priced at less than half of what I'd seen them at auction sites. They sometimes don't know what they have. And, as the good car salesmen they are, they recognise a sucker when he comes in the door. He has the money, but I keep pointing him to things they have in the gun library that are collectable, and they push him to something they have (never shown to the public), and he buys it. 3-4 junkers every month for a long time now.

 

[Muley Gil]

That's what he thought he bought. They did say is was not functional. Then again, I found my 1924 .44 there, priced at less than half of what I'd seen them at auction sites. They sometimes don't know what they have. And, as the good car salesmen they are, they recognise a sucker when he comes in the door. He has the money, but I keep pointing him to things they have in the gun library that are collectable, and they push him to something they have (never shown to the public), and he buys it. 3-4 junkers every month for a long time now.

All you can do is point him in the right direction. If he doesn't want to listen to you, well, you did what you could.

Some folks never learn.

 

[rincar]

I would say it's from Spain or Belgium. It could also be a Kyber pass copy. definitely not a Smith & Wesson.

 

[pasound]

I've tried. They do have nice old Colts and Smiths I've urged him to look at and save his money. He does have an interesting Nagant with a Remington barrel that he bought at Cabelas five years ago. Carbine size, shipped to Russia from the USA before 1917, then to Spain in the 1930's, and back to the USA in the 2000's. It's in pretty good shape, considering.

 

[peyton]

I'd recommend he take it back because cabela's sold a fake gun, not what was listed.

 

[stansdds]

Definitely not a S&W revolver. Since it is missing some internal parts, it would make a nice paperweight or prop gun, but that's all I think it would be worth.