Factory Gold Plated 32 Hand Ejector

[larkworthy]

Group, I thought my fellow Texans liked gaudy guns...... well my friends from New York seem to like them as well!

A friend of mine found this gun several months ago in Central Texas. For some reason I could not stop thinking about it. I finally found something he wanted more than it, so we did a trade that made us both happy.

This is the only Factory Special Order Gold Plated Hand Ejector I have ever seen. I know of several top brakes that were special order gold, but I have not laid eyes on a Gold HE. Also, I fell in love with the amazing pearl grips with 13 Gold Stars!

Obviously, this revolver has a unique look and the fact that the condition is not high, many collectors would simply walk by this gun. I for one really like it and I wish it could talk.

To top it all off - does anyone recognize the date this revolver shipped to NYC? Pretty Ironic given its unique configuration! Enjoy.

Regards, Lyle

 

[larkworthy]

Group, I thought my fellow Texans liked gaudy guns...... well my friends from New York seem to like them as well!

A friend of mine found this gun several months ago in Central Texas. For some reason I could not stop thinking about it. I finally found something he wanted more than it, so we did a trade that made us both happy.

This is the only Factory Special Order Gold Plated Hand Ejector I have ever seen. I know of several top brakes that were special order gold, but I have not laid eyes on a Gold HE. Also, I fell in love with the amazing pearl grips with 13 Gold Stars!

Obviously, this revolver has a unique look and the fact that the condition is not high, many collectors would simply walk by this gun. I for one really like it and I wish it could talk.

To top it all off - does anyone recognize the date this revolver shipped to NYC? Pretty Ironic given its unique configuration! Enjoy.

Regards, Lyle

 

[opoefc]

Lyle, Nice gun! I like these kind of S&W also, but determining the story behind them can be very frustrating!. The Herold Co. was a major distributor for S&W and many guns will letter to their company, especially NYPD guns. The Oct 24, 1929, date might be related to a slight decline in the stock market, aka "Black Tuesday" when Wall Street pedestrians were in danger of being struck by falling bodies! Ed.

 

[handejector]

I finally found something he wanted more than it, so we did a trade that made us both happy.

What did the pimp get?

 

[larkworthy]

Lee, it is difficult to put a monetary value on what my "friend" received...

Regards, Lyle

 

[rburg]

There was a M36 that was a fixture up at the old Dayton, OH shows. maybe 15 or 17 years ago. We all just thought it was a poor aftermarket plating job, the jewelry store equivalent of a bumper chrome. The vendor that had it (his table was right by the 3 steps that lead to the upper floor) got upset and lettered it. It came back as factory gold plated. That boosted the price from about $750 to about $3300. From the wear it looked like someone just carried it a bit, not a lot. Gold plating is always 24K and that wears fast so there are exposed places (the same places that lose blue.)

One day the guy was the center of attention. Some "babe" had made him an offer on the gun. She'd offered him her Z28 and would spend the weekend with him. He asked to see the Z28 and that really offended the girl.

No, she wasn't worth $3 grand.

 

[Onomea]

That's a wonderful, unique gun, Lyle. You seem to come up with more guns of "character" than the rest of us put together!

Those grips, too, are very special.

Congrats!

 

[lonewolf]

Someone had a great sense of, and love for, American History, with the eagle and the 13 original colonies.

Bud

 

[deadin]

The vendor that had it ... got upset and lettered it. It came back as factory gold plated.

I don't think I would have that problem with this one.

 

[JayCeeNC]

Neat gun, Lyle. The history of some of these old pieces never ceases to intrigue me.

 

[OFT]

Black Tuesday. The way the stock market has been going lately, that gun may be an omen.

 

[handejector]

Group, I thought my fellow Texans liked gaudy guns...... well my friends from New York seem to like them as well!

Can't you get beat up carryin' a gun like that in Texas?

 

[Nframe]

Originally posted by handejector:....

Can't you get beat up carryin' a gun like that in Texas? ....

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Not likely anyone would pic on Lyle.....

 

[Onomea]

Well, shoot, BD. Let's see it!

 

[opoefc]

Lyle, Who ever made those grips made the same style, 13 gold stars with a spread Eagle, pearl grips for Merwins and Colts. I've seen several such guns with that style grip over the years so they are probably in a turn of the century catalog somewhere. Ed.

 

[larkworthy]

Ed, thanks for the info on the grips. Regards, Lyle