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[IWK2HT]

Pick up this 32-20 at an auction it said it was a 1905 4th change
All the numbers match including the stocks it has some issues with the piting on the 5" barrel and a small sliver out of one stock but it shoots great and these are hard to fine up here so I'm more than happy with my new S&W what do you of the date of shipping
I can seem to post more than one picture so I'll have to post separately

 

[IWK2HT]

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[IWK2HT]

Third picture

 

[waffenmac]

very nice pistol and its always nice to shoot an old firearm.

 

[Wiregrassguy]

Your .32-20 M&P was shipped between 1915 and 1940 although the mushroom ejector rod knob and round top non-medallion grips indicate it was manufactured after 1920 but before 1928. The highest SN shipped was 144684. I have read that the .32-20 was not a popular caliber and S&W stopped manufacturing them before 1930. The guns remained in inventory until around 1940.

 

[IWK2HT]

Thanks for the reply Guy it's my first 32-20 and it shoots great for being old I don't think it was shoot very mutch as it had very little crud around the barrel

 

[Wiregrassguy]

Since you've shot it, I presume that .32-20 handgun ammo is available in your area. It is rather scarce here in the retail stores and somewhat pricey. Many shooters in the US handload for it.

 

[DWalt]

Yours probably shipped in 1928, and was among the last made. S&W ceased production of .32-20 revolvers in 1929 or 1930, but continued to catalog and sell them until about 1940. By this time, market demand had dropped to virtually nothing. Colt also dropped the .32-20 chambering from their revolver lines at about the same time.

 

[IWK2HT]

Yes I do hand load for it but it's quite available, its a little pricey but it's not hard to find it runs 30 to 50 $ for a box of fifty used dies cost me 30 $ I cast my on bullits I just had to scrounge up some brass and a friend shoots a Winchester 32-20 so I was able to load some up the day I brought it home

 

[DWalt]

Loading your own is the best way to go. I have been loading .32-20 since the late 1970s, but I don't believe in casting my own bullets - too much capital investment, too much work. I'd rather buy them from someone else.

 

[IWK2HT]

Thank Dawalt
Is hard to fine that info I've read a little about it but all I got was some where between 1915 to 1940
I cast for all my hand guns so it pays in the end and I've been casting bullit sience about 1972 so my capital is well paid for and I enjoy it so two for one.