I went to the gun show , browsed and had good conversation. The only thing that interested me was a Winchester 1895 in 40-85. It had a half octagon , half round barrel, bore was good but was cut down. The stock was cracked in multiple places and was junk. No blueing left , no ptting any where. Well I went back to see what the bottom dollar for this project was. Well he wouldn't come off of $850 , which was about $450 too high.
Well I went to leave and i looked down in his case at this S&W . I seen the bore was small and ask what caliber. He said 32-20 and we agreed on the price of $325 with the holster. Made in around 1922.
All matching serial numbers and great bore. I came home and to see what it would slug out at . I dropped a 312 100 gr Rainer bullet in each cylinder and it didn't drop through. Checked the muzzle with the bullet and it was a tight fit. I had some 32-20 loaded for the Marlin , but they were loaded too hot for the S&W. So I loaded up a dozen cases with 5.2 grains of AA5.
It shoots fine. The only question I have is why do I keep buying handguns ! It's not like my eyes are getting better. The sights on this gun are very small , but I can see them better than I thought. So now I will load up some 32-20 and readjust the sights on my Marlin for this load. Then do some shooting.
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