Need date/info for S&W top-break .32

Stevestav · May 26, 2008, 12:55 PM

Hello, Looking for any info/date for a .32 S&W 5-shot revolver that I've been given. Serial number is 287515. Thank you very much!

elrod · May 26, 2008, 04:53 PM

Welcome to TFL.

You haven't given us enough information to even hazard a guess as to what you have. A picture is almost required for any accurate feedback. Post some and let us look.

James K · May 26, 2008, 08:13 PM

The fact that it is an S&W .32 top break with that high a serial number points to the .32 Double Action Fourth or Fifth Model. The problem is that the serial is in a transition range, so we need one more piece of info. If the front sight is pinned in, it is a Fourth Model; if the sight is machined as part of the barrel, it is the Fifth Model. The last patent date should be 1889 and the gun was probably made in 1909 or 1910.

Jim

May 26, 2008, 12:55 PM	#1
Stevestav Junior Member Join Date: May 26, 2008 Posts: 1	Need date/info for S&W top-break .32 Hello, Looking for any info/date for a .32 S&W 5-shot revolver that I've been given. Serial number is 287515. Thank you very much!

May 26, 2008, 04:53 PM	#2
elrod Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2007 Location: Heart of the heart of Dixie Posts: 234	Welcome to TFL. You haven't given us enough information to even hazard a guess as to what you have. A picture is almost required for any accurate feedback. Post some and let us look. __________________ Freedom ain't free!

May 26, 2008, 08:13 PM	#3
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	The fact that it is an S&W .32 top break with that high a serial number points to the .32 Double Action Fourth or Fifth Model. The problem is that the serial is in a transition range, so we need one more piece of info. If the front sight is pinned in, it is a Fourth Model; if the sight is machined as part of the barrel, it is the Fifth Model. The last patent date should be 1889 and the gun was probably made in 1909 or 1910. Jim