WTK: S&W 32-20 yr of mfg?

[Valmet]

Hi- looking for a mfg year for an old nickel S&W 32-20 revolver (marked ".32 W.C.F."), serial # E272xx. 5" bbl. have an opportunity to purchase and would like to establish year of mfg. Any info is appreciated.

 

[brick]

Welcome to the Smith & Wesson forum. The serial number is found in many places but the easiest to find is on the bottom of the grip frame and it will not have a letter prefix. Check that area.

 

[Valmet]

Will do, thanks.

 

[Valmet]

Brick- just the # at the bottom of the grip. So 2721x is the #, 5" nickel .32 WCF marked. I'm guessing late nineteen-teens/early 1920s??

 

[Retired W4]

I'm showing 1906-1907.

 

[DWalt]

I'd agree on 1906-07. I don't list any .32-20s having SNs very close to yours, but what I do have would bracket it there. However, the ".32 W.C.F. CTG" barrel stamping wasn't used until about 1914, so yours may have a replacement barrel. The correct caliber stamping should be ".32 Winchester." What is the SN on the flat area at the bottom of the barrel? It should be the same as the SN stamped on the butt. The .32 Win/.32 WCF/.32-20 revolvers were serial numbered seperately from the same revolvers chambered in .38 S&W Special. Also, there were two versions - square butt and rounded butt. The square butt version would have been a Model of 1905, the rounded-butt version would have been a Model of 1902 (at that time).

 

[Alk8944]

I have SNs on both sides of your number, 1-1907 and 3-1907, so I would expect your to be somewhere in this range, +/- a couple of months.

 

[DWalt]

Pictures from GlockFan

 

[Mike McLellan]

The "E" was stamped after it left the factory. The 27216, despite its appearance, is probably correct. Model of 1905 1st Change.