Need help to identify age of my 32 long ctg

[4K2022]

I’m surprised no confirmed shipping dates have been offered.

I believe you have a real prize here!
And I DON’T believe it was refinished,, (for the record)!

I believe your S&W Monogram was originally on the SIDE PLATE.

Just to clear;
Side plate = RIGHT side
Thumb latch =LEFT

THE 3 1/4” barrels (I believe) as early as 1903-1904 had 4 lines of patent dates PLUS ,, dingbats on the top.

These “tiny” changes appeared over ? 3? Years

The barrel gap looks awesome! Looks like original finish to me.
The large ejection rod knob, (LERK) is supposed to be nickel plated.
A picture of the cylinder and extractor star which SHOULD be in the blue may squelch those with different opinions. Please include a few digits of the number on the cylinder,,, to try and change My mind.

I hope you have good barrel rifling

 

[Williamsmith]

I’m surprised no confirmed shipping dates have been offered.

I believe you have a real prize here!
And I DON’T believe it was refinished,, (for the record)!

I believe your S&W Monogram was originally on the SIDE PLATE.

Just to clear;
Side plate = RIGHT side
Thumb latch =LEFT

THE 3 1/4” barrels (I believe) as early as 1903-1904 had 4 lines of patent dates PLUS ,, dingbats on the top.

These “tiny” changes appeared over ? 3? Years

The barrel gap looks awesome! Looks like original finish to me.
The large ejection rod knob, (LERK) is supposed to be nickel plated.
A picture of the cylinder and extractor star which SHOULD be in the blue may squelch those with different opinions. Please include a few digits of the number on the cylinder,,, to try and change My mind.

I hope you have good barrel rifling

I can look at cylinder when I get home and I need to clean the inside of barrel and everything to get a good look but not sure how to clean it without taking value of gun down never had a gun this old

 

[Williamsmith]

I’m surprised no confirmed shipping dates have been offered.

I believe you have a real prize here!
And I DON’T believe it was refinished,, (for the record)!

I believe your S&W Monogram was originally on the SIDE PLATE.

Just to clear;
Side plate = RIGHT side
Thumb latch =LEFT

THE 3 1/4” barrels (I believe) as early as 1903-1904 had 4 lines of patent dates PLUS ,, dingbats on the top.

These “tiny” changes appeared over ? 3? Years

The barrel gap looks awesome! Looks like original finish to me.
The large ejection rod knob, (LERK) is supposed to be nickel plated.
A picture of the cylinder and extractor star which SHOULD be in the blue may squelch those with different opinions. Please include a few digits of the number on the cylinder,,, to try and change My mind.

I hope you have good barrel rifling

Here's the cylinder and it also has same seral number of gun on it

 

[Muley Gil]

I’m surprised no confirmed shipping dates have been offered.

I believe you have a real prize here!
And I DON’T believe it was refinished,, (for the record)!

I believe your S&W Monogram was originally on the SIDE PLATE.

Just to clear;
Side plate = RIGHT side
Thumb latch =LEFT

THE 3 1/4” barrels (I believe) as early as 1903-1904 had 4 lines of patent dates PLUS ,, dingbats on the top.

These “tiny” changes appeared over ? 3? Years

The barrel gap looks awesome! Looks like original finish to me.
The large ejection rod knob, (LERK) is supposed to be nickel plated.
A picture of the cylinder and extractor star which SHOULD be in the blue may squelch those with different opinions. Please include a few digits of the number on the cylinder,,, to try and change My mind.

I hope you have good barrel rifling

S&W didn't plate hammers and triggers. A factory nickel finish would be shiny, not satin. That ejector rod head is usually called a mushroom head. A LERK is barrel shaped.

 

[Truckman]

I need to clean the inside of barrel and everything to get a good look but not sure how to clean it without taking value of gun down never had a gun this old

No gun ever lost value by getting cleaned...Scrub that puppy!......Ben

 

[4K2022]

If this little.32 was originally built as a blue gun ,, I believe there should be a (capital) B stamped on the barrel flat along with the ser #

 

[Williamsmith]

If this little.32 was originally built as a blue gun ,, I believe there should be a (capital) B stamped on the barrel flat along with the ser #

The serial number is there but no b

 

[4K2022]

No capital B, hummm

The hard (often brittle) maybe 120 year old rubber STOCKS on your pistol look to be a very nice condition. I see nice checkering AND the little triangle appears to be “intact. Might find the remnants of a serial number,, I believe it’s possible the number may be BOLDLY stamped on the back.

How about the side plate? Any evidence of the Large S&W stamping?

Lastly I love riddles and untangling knots!
I haven’t been able to see any serial numbers and want to bring up the possibility of reading a serial number UPSIDEDOWN .
To avoid confusion, place a S&W in front of you with the side plate facing UP as if you were going to take it apart with the barrel pointing to the right. THEN, look DOWN the number will be in the proper orientation. 5s become 2s 9s mutate into 6s , it happens.

I think your pistol has an early barrel like this one.

 

[Hondo44]

Without a B preceding the serial number on the barrel, your gun was originally nickel plated from the factory. However the factory did not plate the hammer and trigger, they were color case hardened. Therefore it has been re-plated a long time ago but not at the factory. Since it does not have a bright shiny look it was likely a poor re-plating.

See if it will polish bright with Semi-Chrome or Flitz polish.

 

[Williamsmith]

Without a B preceding the serial number on the barrel, your gun was originally nickel plated from the factory. However the factory did not plate the hammer and trigger, they were color case hardened. Therefore it has been re-plated a long time ago but not at the factory. Since it does not have a bright shiny look it was likely a poor re-plating.

See if it will polish bright with Semi-Chrome or Flitz polish.

So I took the bullet extractor off and there is the same serial number on it and there's a b above it to the right its on the back of the star thing on cylinder that eject bullets

 

[Williamsmith]

No capital B, hummm

The hard (often brittle) maybe 120 year old rubber STOCKS on your pistol look to be a very nice condition. I see nice checkering AND the little triangle appears to be “intact. Might find the remnants of a serial number,, I believe it’s possible the number may be BOLDLY stamped on the back.

How about the side plate? Any evidence of the Large S&W stamping?

Lastly I love riddles and untangling knots!
I haven’t been able to see any serial numbers and want to bring up the possibility of reading a serial number UPSIDEDOWN .
To avoid confusion, place a S&W in front of you with the side plate facing UP as if you were going to take it apart with the barrel pointing to the right. THEN, look DOWN the number will be in the proper orientation. 5s become 2s 9s mutate into 6s , it happens.

I think your pistol has an early barrel like this one.

So I took the bullet extractor off and there is the same serial number on it and there's a b above it to the right its on the back of the star thing on cylinder that eject bullets

 

[Williamsmith]

No capital B, hummm

The hard (often brittle) maybe 120 year old rubber STOCKS on your pistol look to be a very nice condition. I see nice checkering AND the little triangle appears to be “intact. Might find the remnants of a serial number,, I believe it’s possible the number may be BOLDLY stamped on the back.

How about the side plate? Any evidence of the Large S&W stamping?

Lastly I love riddles and untangling knots!
I haven’t been able to see any serial numbers and want to bring up the possibility of reading a serial number UPSIDEDOWN .
To avoid confusion, place a S&W in front of you with the side plate facing UP as if you were going to take it apart with the barrel pointing to the right. THEN, look DOWN the number will be in the proper orientation. 5s become 2s 9s mutate into 6s , it happens.

I think your pistol has an early barrel like this one.

And I found these numbers it's on both sides of this thing that hold cylinder to gun numbers are 44283

 

[JP@AK]

And I found these numbers it's on both sides of this thing that hold cylinder to gun numbers are 44283

Good for you. You are giving us all the information you can think of.

The "thing that hold cylinder to gun" is called the yoke. The five digit number located there and on the frame in the yoke cut is simply a parts tracking number, used during assembly.

The B on the back of the extractor star is unusual. Normally, for a blued gun during this period, the B will appear on the bottom of the barrel, in front of the serial number, as mentioned by Jim previously. I'm not sure at this point what finish was originally on your revolver, but what is there now is not S&W's work.

 

[4K2022]

And I found these numbers it's on both sides of this thing that hold cylinder to gun numbers are 44283

Thank you for another great picture. The assembly number is often used to misidentify these old S&Ws. Sometimes it’s stamped inside the side plate.

Nighter blue,, in the Ops first pic caught my eye. The teeth tooth visible on the ejector ,, looks like new. Same with the open cylinder pic,, the condition is amazing to me.

 

[4K2022]

I would like to see a photo of the tip of little hand that that rotates the cylinder, I would guess it is as “sharp and square as the ejector.

I want to keep my dog in this fight!

The finish revealed inside the yoke and underneath the top strap, STILL look like original to me! The “divot” appears to me,, to show no signs of excessive firings . And the sharp edges of the yoke that are protected when closed,, look sharp and NOT rounded over from buffing.

 

[Hondo44]

So I took the bullet extractor off and there is the same serial number on it and there's a b above it to the right its on the back of the star thing on cylinder that eject bullets

All guns nickel plated at the factory have a blue extractor star.