my 1st. Classic S&W What did I buy?

Shoot it or not

  • Don’t shoot it, worth million dollars in 80 more years

    Votes: 3 7.1%

  • Shoot it before your kids sell it for a Yoga machine

    Votes: 32 76.2%

  • Buy another, and shoot that

    Votes: 11 26.2%
  • Total voters
    42
Mark_Mark said:
what do you think about this Smith? it had the Royal Blue and strange Winchester barrel. $700 love my local shop

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Neato! I have the same gun with a 5" barrel. Its fun to shoot, but ammo is a chore these days and it doesn't offer a much different experience than .38spl. No way I would pay $700 for one unless I just HAD to have one to fill a hole in a collection.
I have 3 boxes of ammo left for mine and when its gone, so is the gun. Im not going to bother loading for a sole, otherwise unremarkable revolver but others may think its worth the trouble.
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
Neato! I have the same gun with a 5" barrel. Its fun to shoot, but ammo is a chore these days and it doesn't offer a much different experience than .38spl. No way I would pay $700 for one unless I just HAD to have one to fill a hole in a collection.
I have 3 boxes of ammo left for mine and when its gone, so is the gun. Im not going to bother loading for a sole, otherwise unremarkable revolver but others may think its worth the trouble.
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that GOOD! lol

guest that why the collector dealer kinda push me away from that 32-20
 
This is a far cry from your Thunderstruck!
Maybe you'd be interested in trading for a HiPoint?
:rofl:

Great find! Hope you get to enjoy the awesomeness of classic metalwork and machines!
 
I’d pass on that 32 at $700. There are lots of S&W’s out there in better condition for less money. Unless you are planning on collecting K frames in all calibers or have some other specific reason to buy it rather than just because it exists.
 
21H40 said:
This is a far cry from your Thunderstruck!
Maybe you'd be interested in trading for a HiPoint?
:rofl:

Great find! Hope you get to enjoy the awesomeness of classic metalwork and machines!
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I do like odd guns including HiPoint… but I can probably buy the whole HoPoint line with the cost of one of these guns! lol

Yes, Thundersuck SUCKS! lol
 
Nomenclature can be confusing as noted by the
.32-20. For instance the original nomenclature for
the ever popular .357 magnum is .357 S&W Magnum
or another, the .44 Remington Magnum and going
back to the 1911, it's .45 Automatic Colt Pistol.
 
UncleEd said:
Nomenclature can be confusing as noted by the
.32-20. For instance the original nomenclature for
the ever popular .357 magnum is .357 S&W Magnum
or another, the .44 Remington Magnum and going
back to the 1911, it's .45 Automatic Colt Pistol.
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32 caliber with 20 grains of Black Powder.
 
J-Bar said:
It is the bible for those interested in S&W handguns. Very readable cover to cover. There is a reason those geezers at gunshows who display S&W firearms have a a copy under their table!
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just ordered it! can’t wait to pour a cheap bourbon and have a read
 
UncleEd said:
Nomenclature can be confusing as noted by the
.32-20. For instance the original nomenclature for
the ever popular .357 magnum is .357 S&W Magnum
or another, the .44 Remington Magnum and going
back to the 1911, it's .45 Automatic Colt Pistol.
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Some of those early M&Ps will be marked ".38 S&W Special & US Service Ctg" as well, indicating they were bored to accept both .38 Long Colt and .38 S&W Special.

And of course, the British Service guns will be stamped ".38/200" or ".38/145/200" meaning they were intended for the British loading of the .38 S&W round with either a 200 or 145gr. bullet.
 
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NIGHTLORD40K said:
And of course, the British Service guns will be stamped ".38/200" or ".38/145/200" meaning they were intended for the British loading of the .38 S&W round with either a 200 or 145gr. bullet.
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:cuss::cuss: And just to boggle the mind, the .38 S&W is NOT the .38 S&W Special.

The cartridge/bullet dimensions are different and should NOT be interchanged (but sometimes it CAN be done). :evil::evil:
 
.32-20, .38-40, and .44-40 came about because Marlin and Colt didn't want to put WCF (Winchester Center Fire) on their guns.
S&W didn't care, they did not make rifles and it was a positive selling point for the foreign copies.

Likewise .32 Colt New Police instead of .32 S&W Long.
And .38 Colt Special with the deadly flat pointed bullet, worth an extra 5% of Hatcher Stopping Power.

I think .32 SAP (Savage Automatic Pistol) takes the cake.
 
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