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ColbyBruce
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Hi, welcome to the forum. The serial number should be stamped into the butt between the stocks. Older models might also have the serial number under the barrel and on the rear face of the cylinder. Post some photos, these would help to identify your revolver.
DWalt
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As is so often the case, S&W made many different revolvers at different times, so a serial number (if that is what it is, as it could be something else) could apply to several of them. A few good photos are essential for positive identification.
As someone said earlier, it's sort of like asking " I have a car with license plate ABC123. What kind of car is it and when was it made?"
As someone said earlier, it's sort of like asking " I have a car with license plate ABC123. What kind of car is it and when was it made?"
Hi Jason,
Welcome to this forum.
If it's a S&W hand ejector (side-swing cylinder), it wouldn't be roll stamped .32 cal. It would be stamped 32 S&W Long or 32-20 (WCF) Cartridge and it wouldn't have a model # until after 1957, only a model name which is only stamped on the 38 Regulation Police model.
If it's a side swing 32 S&W Long, and you took the serial from the butt of the grip frame or one of 5 other locations except the hinge, it could be a an 1896 or a 1903 model I frame. Or if a 32-20 (WCF) it could be a K frame 1902 Model.
If a single action top break, 5 shot, a tip up, or double action top break, you need to post in the Antique section of this forum.
Welcome to this forum.
If it's a S&W hand ejector (side-swing cylinder), it wouldn't be roll stamped .32 cal. It would be stamped 32 S&W Long or 32-20 (WCF) Cartridge and it wouldn't have a model # until after 1957, only a model name which is only stamped on the 38 Regulation Police model.
If it's a side swing 32 S&W Long, and you took the serial from the butt of the grip frame or one of 5 other locations except the hinge, it could be a an 1896 or a 1903 model I frame. Or if a 32-20 (WCF) it could be a K frame 1902 Model.
If a single action top break, 5 shot, a tip up, or double action top break, you need to post in the Antique section of this forum.
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ope this worked .
I see two red St. Andrews crosses on white flags. Must be a Scottish copy of an S&W...
Seriously, someone more helpful will be along to tell you how to post photos.
But be prepared for the possibility that the gun may be a foreign copy. Get the photo here and you'll be told for sure.
Here's a post with some information about identifying S&W revolvers. You only need the info and pics in the first post. You can skip the responses
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-hand-ejectors-1896-1961/320927-identify-your-gun.html
If you have the photos on your computer, you can attach them to a forum post. On the page where you compose a post, look below the composition box for a button that says "Manage Attachments." Click on that, and you can go through a couple of steps to select the images from your computer. If they are not oversize, they will come along with the text when you click the "submit" button. If they are too big, they won't make the journey and you will have to resize them on your computer. Generally speaking, any image less than 1200 pixels wide and 800 pixels tall will work. Note that drag-and-drop or cut-and-paste image inclusion in a post will NOT put photos from your computer in a forum post. You need to go through the selection process and click the "upload" button to bind them to the post.
Or you can use the Photobucket/Image Shack solution mentioned in an earlier post. Photobucket resizes photos on the fly, and you can include the images directly in your post as long as you have
tags preceding and following the URL for each separate image.
I looked at the "properties" information for the two failed images in your latest post, and they had malformed URLs. Not sure what's going on there, but I hope you can figure out the problem. We'd like to see the pics.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-hand-ejectors-1896-1961/320927-identify-your-gun.html
If you have the photos on your computer, you can attach them to a forum post. On the page where you compose a post, look below the composition box for a button that says "Manage Attachments." Click on that, and you can go through a couple of steps to select the images from your computer. If they are not oversize, they will come along with the text when you click the "submit" button. If they are too big, they won't make the journey and you will have to resize them on your computer. Generally speaking, any image less than 1200 pixels wide and 800 pixels tall will work. Note that drag-and-drop or cut-and-paste image inclusion in a post will NOT put photos from your computer in a forum post. You need to go through the selection process and click the "upload" button to bind them to the post.
Or you can use the Photobucket/Image Shack solution mentioned in an earlier post. Photobucket resizes photos on the fly, and you can include the images directly in your post as long as you have
I looked at the "properties" information for the two failed images in your latest post, and they had malformed URLs. Not sure what's going on there, but I hope you can figure out the problem. We'd like to see the pics.
OK - here is one opinion. That 32 HE would grade not much better than a dug relic. I would think you would put more money into parts than it will ever be worth and it may still never function properly. I would consider putting it on the wall and look for a $200 shooter. It is feasible that you might spend nearly that much in parts anyway, so use the beater for parts rather than fix it up and go out and buy a shooter.
I actually think the gun is a K frame. If you look at the size of the trigger guard in relation to the cylinder and grips, and the shape of the trigger guard, it appears to be a K Frame. The seller actually never said it was "32 S&W LONG" so "32 cal" (which he said) could mean 32-20. If its a K frame, its most likely a 32-20 aka 32 WCF aka 32 Winchester. I think based on the SN it would be a model 1902, not sure which variation without my book.
Overall I agree. If it were me, I would use THIS gun as the parts gun to bring back a higher condition example.
DWalt
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It strikes me as being a K-frame also, and if so, it would be in .32-20. That SN would be very early, making it second model, first change, from about 1903-04, So what is wrong with it that you need parts, and what parts?
To me, the proportion of the trigger guard to the frame looks like an I frame in 32 S&W Long. And the yoke is sticking out past the frame for some reason.
DWalt
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Is the caliber marking on the barrel visible?
Hi Jason,
If you could measure the length of the 6 shot cylinder, we could pin down if it's an I frame or K frame for you and the cartridge. And by the way, what parts does it need or how does it malfunction?
If you could measure the length of the 6 shot cylinder, we could pin down if it's an I frame or K frame for you and the cartridge. And by the way, what parts does it need or how does it malfunction?
Does it have patent dates on the right side of the barrel?
EDIT - I see there are no markings on the barrel at all, as per OP, post 19. I misread this to be "no caliber markings..."
EDIT - I see there are no markings on the barrel at all, as per OP, post 19. I misread this to be "no caliber markings..."
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