FLORAL ENGRAVED, BIRD’S HEAD Antique SMITH & WESSON Number 1 ½ .32 REVOLVER ENGRAVED “WILD WEST” S&W!

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FLORAL ENGRAVED, BIRD’S HEAD Antique SMITH & WESSON Number 1 ½ .32 REVOLVER

ENGRAVED “WILD WEST” S&W!

Here we present an antique Smith & Wesson Model Number 1-1/2 .32 Rimfire 2^nd Issue Revolver, made circa 1868-1875 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The No. 1 was Smith & Wesson’s first metallic cartridge firearm. It utilized the idea of the “bored through cylinder”, which was patented by Rollin White and subsequently exclusively licensed by Smith & Wesson. This concept has forever changed revolving firearms design, and is the same idea used in revolvers today. S&W, via Rollin White himself, aggressively sued any patent infringers and were able to hold their monopoly on the American market for cartridge revolvers from about 1857 to 1870, whereupon their patent expired. The results were a very profitable business, a broke Rollin White, and a grudging U.S. Chief of Ordnance Alexander Dyer, who was still angry in 1870 about not being able to use the technology during the Civil War. The U.S. government ended up giving Colt their contracts since they valued the larger .44 caliber in the Colt 1860 Armies over the .32 caliber full sized No. 2 Armies.

The second issue of the Model ​1 ¹⁄₂ can be identified by its fluted barrel and the rounded shape of the grip butt. Like the 1st Issue, it was also produced in blued steel and nickel-plated varieties, with most models having a ​3 ¹⁄₂-inch barrel. 2nd Issue guns were serial numbered consecutively after the 1st Issue, with numbers ranging from approximately 26,300 through 127,000.

The overall condition is fine. The floral engravings on the backstrap, barrel and frame are sharp. Nice original nickel finish. The action is strong and tight all the way around. The bore is bright and in very good shape. The rosewood grips are smooth and solid. Here is a very nice S&W revolver from the glory days of the Old West!

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 3-1/2 inches.

Caliber: .32 Long Rimfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1465
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