I got a Smith and Wesson that'll shoot plum through a man.

[Drm50]

32 cap Gold dots

waste of you money. They will rattle down your pipe. Been there
done that, not with Gold Dot, Rem FMJs. Stick with cast is my
findings. This includes S&W , Colt and knock offs of both. Also
in old Marlin and Winchester rifles.

 

[DWalt]

You might or might not get good results with .308 bullets, which are about 0.005" undersized. Only way to tell is to try and see. But cast lead .313-.314 bullets are best. Another possible problem is you may not get enough neck tension to hold a .308 bullet in place.

 

[Plain Old Dave]

Aren't all .32 pistol bullets @ .311 or so? Could have sworn the box of gold dots I saw said either .311 or .312...

Sent from my SM-G386T using Tapatalk

 

[Plain Old Dave]

Update: Got a set of $10 Pachmayr Presentations from an LGS and shot 'er again today. Deadly as a rattlesnake on dueling trees and steel. And the Doc Holliday impression was a hoot, too...

 

[Warren Sear]

I have a Colt that will also shoot plumb through a man.

Built in 1911.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

Don't know about shooting through a man, but this one came to me as shown. She is tight as new and shoots great. I reload for her in the age proper venue.

# 21814 * 1920 maybe??

 

[Muley Gil]

I currently have a few .32-20s: a S&W 1902 5" blue, a Colt Official Police 5" blue, a Colt Police Positive Special 4" blue, a Cimarron (Uberti) Model P Jr 4 1/2" color casehardened/blue with 2 cylinders .32-20/.32 H& R Magnum, and a Martini action .310 Cadet rechambered to .32-20.

 

[Plain Old Dave]

Walking fire on six silhouettes. 6/6 without stopping. Ear the hammer back, aim and shoot whilst walking.

 

[sigp220.45]

Plain Old Dave - did you ever letter it?

I love 32-20 threads. A good friend of mine was a city cop in Hailey, ID, in the 60s. This was well before all the movie stars moved in. The Chief who hired him said he could carry what he wanted, but all the fellas carried 32-20s. He took the hint and carried a Smith in that caliber until he became a game warden and got a 357 like those fellas all carried.

 

[glowe]

. . . # 21814 * 1920 maybe??

Assuming that your S&W is a 32-20, it would have shipped around 1906-1907. The pearl stocks are later, 1910-1919.

 

[Muley Gil]

Plain Old Dave - did you ever letter it?

I love 32-20 threads. A good friend of mine was a city cop in Hailey, ID, in the 60s. This was well before all the movie stars moved in. The Chief who hired him said he could carry what he wanted, but all the fellas carried 32-20s. He took the hint and carried a Smith in that caliber until he became a game warden and got a 357 like those fellas all carried.

My first .32-20 came about after reading a story written by Skeeter Skelton. It was a 5" with about 10% nickel remaining. I decided to round butt it. I became a deputy sheriff a year or two later. Since I was assigned to the jail, I was prone to carry that .32-20 on occasion.

 

[keith44spl]

"I got a Smith and Wesson that'll shoot plum through a man.
That was what the Depression-era resident of Southern Appalachia would say about a .32-20 pistol of any sort."

Well, mebby so. Men were lots skinnier back in the early'20's!

Bob

^^^^^^^^^^ Yeah boy!!!

Mabee they's a using those cartridges marked rifle only


.

 

[DWalt]

Don't know about shooting through a man, but this one came to me as shown. She is tight as new and shoot great. I reload for her in the age proper venue.

# 21814 * 1920 maybe??

Sure it's not marked ".32 LONG CTG" on the barrel? If you mean the SN is 21814x, not 21814, .32-20 M&P SNs did not go that high. They stopped a little over 144000.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

Assuming that your S&W is a 32-20, it would have shipped around 1906-1907. The pearl stocks are later, 1910-1919.

Yes she is. Stocks are in good shape as well. Could be where the star comes in. She was sent in for some reason and the stocks added. Several years ago I turned down $250.00 offer for the stocks.

 

[Kinman]

I got this one a couple years back. Rough on the outside, slick as a whistle inside. Shot great right from the beginning with factory Remington fodder. I read about Mr. Keith's experience with the Colt SAA and 32-20 and was inspired, I do not believe the little Smith is up to the pressures the SAA is capable of withstanding and I'm sure Mr. Keith damaged more than one revolver in his day. I prefer to keep my reloadings on the mild side for the Smith and shoot a little hotter in my Model 92 Winchester, I separate loadings by box color, never use the red box in the pistol.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

Sure it's not marked ".32 LONG CTG" on the barrel? If you mean the SN is 21814x, not 21814, .32-20 M&P SNs did not go that high. They stopped a little over 144000.

Well that IS the serial number plus a star, not another number-- I have always used 32/20 in her.

 

[Plain Old Dave]

The Sudden End of an Unhappy Marriage - The Knoxville Mercury

Pull:

A strong believer in his personal rights, Clyde carried a .32-20 handgun. You never know when you'll need it.

Decades ago, Knoxville was a rough town. And a lot of the depression-era rough people carried .32-20s. This story may be one of the reasons people around here said a .32-20'd shoot right through a man. In 1940, there was a very good chance this pistol was a Smith or possibly a Colt PPS.

 

[policerevolvercollector]

It's about time to post this again:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0H_5PSNokk[/ame]

Best,
Charles

 

[rwsmith]

My brother and I.....

Are you the Smith of Jones and Smith Hardware Co.? Larry

....we manufacture cough drops. Want to buy some?

 

[lamarw]

Looks like it got dropped in the "Shine" which instantly removed most of the nickel finish and added a special taste to that batch of shine. Later on it may of fallen into the feeder crick to the still which left it with the rich brown patina.