Driftwood Johnson
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I was driving past a local shop last weekend and I figured what the heck, I'll stop in. Small shop, deals mostly with modern stuff, occasionally something old and interesting shows up. Holy Cow, as I came to the first display case there were two Colt Police Positives, a Colt New Service in 455 Eley, a Model 14, an Official Police, a Colt Model 1903 Pocket 38 ACP, and this 32 Hand Ejector, 1st Model, also known as the Model of 1896.
Turns out the owner's Dad, who is the previous owner, is getting ready to retire to Florida and is thinning out his collection. I already have a couple of Police Positives. The New Service was beautiful, but I don't load 455 Ely. The Model 1903 was beautiful, but he wanted really big money for it. But the 32 was in my price range, plus I did not already have one.
This is the very first side swing model revolver that S&W made. They were made from 1896 until 1903. The cylinder locking system harks back to the old Tip Up design, with the bolt above the cylinder, not below it. Very interesting piece.
Yeah, the finish is really beat up, but there is no rust, and it functions perfectly. Grips are like new. So I took it home. SN is just four digits, 36XX, so it must be pretty early. Heard from Roy and it shipped in December of 1898.
Now where did I put that 32 S&W Long ammo??
I was driving past a local shop last weekend and I figured what the heck, I'll stop in. Small shop, deals mostly with modern stuff, occasionally something old and interesting shows up. Holy Cow, as I came to the first display case there were two Colt Police Positives, a Colt New Service in 455 Eley, a Model 14, an Official Police, a Colt Model 1903 Pocket 38 ACP, and this 32 Hand Ejector, 1st Model, also known as the Model of 1896.
Turns out the owner's Dad, who is the previous owner, is getting ready to retire to Florida and is thinning out his collection. I already have a couple of Police Positives. The New Service was beautiful, but I don't load 455 Ely. The Model 1903 was beautiful, but he wanted really big money for it. But the 32 was in my price range, plus I did not already have one.
This is the very first side swing model revolver that S&W made. They were made from 1896 until 1903. The cylinder locking system harks back to the old Tip Up design, with the bolt above the cylinder, not below it. Very interesting piece.
Yeah, the finish is really beat up, but there is no rust, and it functions perfectly. Grips are like new. So I took it home. SN is just four digits, 36XX, so it must be pretty early. Heard from Roy and it shipped in December of 1898.
Now where did I put that 32 S&W Long ammo??
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