I added this thread to smith-wessonforum.com, too, but the more eyes the merrier...
Okay, first let me state that the reason why I referred to this as a "paperweight" is because, at the moment the cylinder rotates freely when the hammer is not pulled back. While I'm sure I could attempt to fire it in this condition, I have no intentions of doing so. I so, however, plan on remedying said issue and probably just displaying it on my office wall, or something similar to that.
Anywho, with that out of the way, I was hoping if you fine folks could assist me in identifying approximately what year/model .32 top break revolver I have in my possession. Long story short I was purchasing a few other firearms from my usual dealer at a gun show and saw this on his table with a tag that read "$50.00 today." I have no idea why, but I just had to have it, hence my current situation.
Back on point. At first I thought it was a revolver of a different brand that had simply been fitted with (mismatched) Smith and Wesson grips. My basis for this was that, when looking down the sights, the cylinder turns clockwise. I had been lead to believe that all Smith and Wesson revolvers had turned counter-clockwise. Is this correct for this model revolver?
Without further adieu, here are a few photos (I'll admit that I'm a photo-happy individual) that I'm hoping may help someone on here tell me what I purchased.
I'm not sure which way the serial should read, since it seems all of the characters with the exception of the 1 could read in either direction (6's or 9's, and such). I believe it's supposed to be "60991," but you guys would certainly know better than I.
And these last two I just thought were neat.
I did do a bit of stumbling around the internet like a blind man using google as a walking-stick and was lead to believe that quite a number of these were produced, so I'm not expecting much in terms of worth, but a general ballpark would be nice.
I would have purchased the Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson, but the other Smith and Wesson in my less than impressive gun collection (an sw40e) isn't a collector's or vintage item by any means so it'd be hard for me to justify the expense on a pistol that cost not much more than the catalog would.
Anybody care to take a stab at it?
Thanks In Advance,
-Devon
Okay, first let me state that the reason why I referred to this as a "paperweight" is because, at the moment the cylinder rotates freely when the hammer is not pulled back. While I'm sure I could attempt to fire it in this condition, I have no intentions of doing so. I so, however, plan on remedying said issue and probably just displaying it on my office wall, or something similar to that.
Anywho, with that out of the way, I was hoping if you fine folks could assist me in identifying approximately what year/model .32 top break revolver I have in my possession. Long story short I was purchasing a few other firearms from my usual dealer at a gun show and saw this on his table with a tag that read "$50.00 today." I have no idea why, but I just had to have it, hence my current situation.
Back on point. At first I thought it was a revolver of a different brand that had simply been fitted with (mismatched) Smith and Wesson grips. My basis for this was that, when looking down the sights, the cylinder turns clockwise. I had been lead to believe that all Smith and Wesson revolvers had turned counter-clockwise. Is this correct for this model revolver?
Without further adieu, here are a few photos (I'll admit that I'm a photo-happy individual) that I'm hoping may help someone on here tell me what I purchased.
I'm not sure which way the serial should read, since it seems all of the characters with the exception of the 1 could read in either direction (6's or 9's, and such). I believe it's supposed to be "60991," but you guys would certainly know better than I.
And these last two I just thought were neat.
I did do a bit of stumbling around the internet like a blind man using google as a walking-stick and was lead to believe that quite a number of these were produced, so I'm not expecting much in terms of worth, but a general ballpark would be nice.
I would have purchased the Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson, but the other Smith and Wesson in my less than impressive gun collection (an sw40e) isn't a collector's or vintage item by any means so it'd be hard for me to justify the expense on a pistol that cost not much more than the catalog would.
Anybody care to take a stab at it?
Thanks In Advance,
-Devon
