Whatever the story of this gun, if you are looking for a 1905/Fourth change that shipped in 1919, you are looking for a serial number between roughly 300000. Does it match the serial number on the butt? There may be a number there in pencil, and it may be hard to read without a magnifying glass and rocking the grip back and forth under a bright light to catch reflections from the graphite. Check the inside surface of the right stock panel. 32-20 frame numbered around 65000 would have shipped around 1915-1916. The S&WHF will now be providing the Smith. 32-20s had a separate serial number sequence, and a. Smith & Wesson is excited to announce a new partnership with the Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation (S&WHF). 32-20 M&P that was returned to the factory to be fitted with a. When you push the ejector rod back, do you see pins or dowels in the back of the cylinder that key into holes in the ejector star? Or are there no pins and no holes? The presence of pins indicates at least Second Change. It has almost no blue loss compared to other areas of this gun, and it should show some scuffing and striations from being moved back and forth in the cylinder and crane.Īs Mike noted, this gun has the rear position trigger return stud, which means this gun has to be at least a first change. Does the number on the flat underside of the barrel match the cylinder or frame? Or both? Looks like a five-digit serial number on the cylinder. Mike identified the unusual aspects - definitely 1920s era stocks and an ejector rod that can't be earlier than late '20s.
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