Yeah, it's not brass. It's coated steel. Magnet test proved it. I own quite a dozen hand guns and I hope I didn't come across dumb, but one look and you'd think it was brass. I'm going to fire it with the .32 shorts so if you don't hear from me in a week...you all got the answer. By the way...
Thanks for the advice Jim. I guess I should find out if the cylinder is truly brass because there's not a spot of tarnish on it. It's a break-top model. It's very gold in color and the chambers and the rifleing in the barrel seem flawless - peharps it was fired only once. The serial number on...
I just purchased a "like new" nickel, along with appears to be a brass cylinder, pistol. Very tight gun. The writing on the barrel is: Worchester Mass, USA; pat'd Dec. 7/86 & Jan. 11/87. I assume this means 1887. I bought some S & W .32 shorts (88 gr. lead rn) and I'd like to know if they're...
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