Top break Model 1 1/2 Center Fire 32
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Yours is in excellent shape
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Thank you, it was a pawnshop "left behind after the COVID rush.
The book says 1878 starting @ #1 and ending in 1892 @# 97574. I'm hoping to trim that range down around the 1890's ish?
Pictures are difficult
Edit: The # is "scratched,, I think? (Maybe pencil) on the stock.
The dates adorning the top of the gun are & have been protected very well. The engraving of ALL those tiny numbers on the top of this little barrel is,, like a watch.
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I have bought several of them. This one was a slightly pitted rust bucket with a bulged barrel. It makes a nice belt buckle though
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Ya, I have since gathered about a dozen or so top breaks and my pride and joy top break a 44 Russian DA
That single action .32 would have been made in the very late 1883's or before 1892. That is quite a nice looking one. I had a a few, both rim-fire and center fire and I had shot the center-fire ones several times..
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That single action .32 would have been made in the very late 1883's or before 1892. That is quite a nice looking one. I had a a few, both rim-fire and center fire and I had shot the center-fire ones several times..
That's quite a rack of pistols. The top one raises a few questions I've had about the frame "circles on the Square Butt frames.
Is the frame cut circular? Or do the wood stocks overlap the frame?
I was also wondering about the checkered triggers and knurled bottom latch. Most of the ones I've seen in (pictures) have been so worn, I wonder if they were checked at all in the beginning?
The 4" very nice
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It was a Square butt. You might also note it was a 4" barrel, rather uncommon I'm told.
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Square butt frame on the model 1 1/2 First Model, yes.
My question is, Is the top of the grip frame on the First Model 32 rimfire machined for Stock Circles like this picture of a 3rd Model?
Or is the Top of the frame cut square like the First Model 22 and the Second Model 32 tip up?
The 4 inch is a prize indeed!!
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As I no longer own the gun, I can't respond to that question. I'm sure there are several others that should be able to answer that question.
