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Model of 1905 hand eject 32-20 serial number puts it around 1938-1939.

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Nice quilt! Did you do that?

Not trying to throw shade but shouldn't it be marked 32WCF instead of 32-20? Wonder if it was rebarreled somewhere in it's long life.

NO. S&W MARKED THEM .32-20

Thanks John. You saved me from double checking my remembrance.

Surprised it's not a quilted onion sack.

Back then most manufacturers didn't want someone else's brand on their firearm. So 32 Winchester Center Fire (WCF) would have been highly undesirable to the folks at S$W. Remington didn't mark their rifles as 22 WMR and Marlin didn't mark their rifles as 30 WCF or 25 WCF, etc.

rather freckled pre-heat treatment era (1917?) example is stamped {.32 W.C.F. ctg.} bracketed in symbols that my keyboard cannot replicate. Somewhat like three sided asterisks of sorts.

I PULLED UP PICTURES OF OLDER COLT AND SMITH DA .32s, BOTH ARE MARKED .32 WCF OR WINCHESTER. SO NOT A LOT OF CONSISTENCY

...that one in print JT! I am a big fan of .32s!