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Smith & Wessen Third Model 32 long
Simple Man
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I have a Smith & Wessen Third model 32 long. Made between 1917 and 1942. Serial number 269745. It has a 6 inch barrel and round checked hard rubber grips with the S&W mongram. My question is how do you know if it's a pre-war mfg.
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A very early one might have been made during the last year of WW I, a very late one might have been made during the first year of WW II.
So they are nearly all pre-WW II, but none pre-WW I.
Maybe somebody with a collectors' book can pin down the year.
probably made around the end of WWI; maybe 1918. The S&W Standard Catalog, 2nd Edition, doesn't have manufacturing by year but does agree with the totals and period you list. It does note SN 321,000 was made in 1920. Unless it is near 100% condition, or better yet with original box and papers, it won't have a lot of collector interest. I paid $150 for one in 90+% condition a few years ago.