S&w Revolver 32 Long Ctg
Answer (1 of 2): Not much information to go on. S&W made many.32 revolvers. Some with a tip-up action, or top break action and others with a swing-out cylinder. Have a S&W Long Rifle CTG Serial number 529508 Smith and wesson Springfield Mass USA. Patent february 8.08 September 1409. Under barrel there is a B then a sort of diamond with a B inside it then the serial number 529508. Under the area where the cylinder pivots it says 45172. On the grip frame it has a star and a serial number.
- Partnership with Horace Smith & Daniel B. Wesson was from 1856–1874. Family owned by the Wesson Family from 1874–1965. Smith & Wesson became a subsidiary of Bangor-Punta from 1965–1983. Between 1983–1987, Smith & Wesson was owned by the Lear Siegler Co. On May 22, 1987, it was sold to R.L.Tomkins, a British holding company.
- The first revolver to be given the name was the.32 Hand Ejector Model of 1896, its year of introduction. It was made on a new frame size called the I-frame, which had been designed for a new cartridge, the.32 S&W Long. Smith & Wesson lengthened the case of the.32 S&W by 1/8 inch to increase its powder capacity, and this required a slightly.
Smith Wesson 32 Revolver Worth
Those pictures confirm it as a .32 Hand Ejector, third model, from the early 1920s.
You can order a factory letter for $50. For that you get some general history on the model and a specific shipping date and destination for your actual gun. Usually the destination is a regional or local distributor, but sometimes you will find a gun shipped to a specific store or individual. You can get a request form for a letter from the 'Downloads' link in the menu bars at the top of this page.
If you want to replace those broken grips, you can sometimes find old grip sets available in the classifieds on this forum, or even on Ebay. You are looking for hard rubber round butt I-frame grips. They should be black. If the ones you see offered are brown or tan, they have lost some of their color through sun fading or washing.
I can't tell from the photos -- are the trigger and hammer nickeled, or are they sort of drab with maybe some ghost case-coloring left on them? Case hardening leaves some brown and pale blue swirls on carbon steel, and that's how S&W shipped all their guns. They never nickeled or blued their hammers and triggers; if you see nickel on those parts, the gun has been refinished.
You can order a factory letter for $50. For that you get some general history on the model and a specific shipping date and destination for your actual gun. Usually the destination is a regional or local distributor, but sometimes you will find a gun shipped to a specific store or individual. You can get a request form for a letter from the 'Downloads' link in the menu bars at the top of this page.
If you want to replace those broken grips, you can sometimes find old grip sets available in the classifieds on this forum, or even on Ebay. You are looking for hard rubber round butt I-frame grips. They should be black. If the ones you see offered are brown or tan, they have lost some of their color through sun fading or washing.
I can't tell from the photos -- are the trigger and hammer nickeled, or are they sort of drab with maybe some ghost case-coloring left on them? Case hardening leaves some brown and pale blue swirls on carbon steel, and that's how S&W shipped all their guns. They never nickeled or blued their hammers and triggers; if you see nickel on those parts, the gun has been refinished.