smith and wesson model 1905 serial numbers

It kills cleanly (MUCH better than a 22 rimfire) and doesn't shred a lot of meat. In its 1882-level loads, the 32-20 in a revolver or a rifle is an excellent small game and varmint harvester. I haven't tried THB in any revolvers (yet). The Holy Black does better-17.0 grains of good 3F gives 1275-1300 FPS, and smaller SD and ES. Waters' article produce between 800 and 975 FPS from revolver barrels, and in the Marlin 20' tube they get about 1175-1200 (6.0 x 4756). The 32-20 WCF is another blackpowder caliber that didn't make the transition to smokeless fuel very seamlessly. Red Hi-Liter on the cartridge base might be another ID idea. My regimen has been to put up revolver-strength loads ONLY in W-W and R-P cases, and rifle loads for the Marlin 94 in Starlines-and CHECK HEADSTAMPS CAREFULLY as I load them at the bench and place them in the firearm. That is good, cautious advice from Straw Hat concerning load strength. If you only have the revolver load, you may see a ballistic increase by using it in the rilfe but it will not stress either firearm. If you have two seperate loads, there is always a chance the rifle load will get into the revolver. I would counsel you to use up the loads for the rifle and then just reload the 32 WCF appropriate for the revolver. Just have to figure a way to keep them separated. I found that 2400 works well for loads in the rifle,but may be too hot for my pistol. The Hodgdon site lists several loads for cast boolits of this weight range that look to be fairly mild. Also have a Lee RN mold that drops a boolit of about 95 grs, so I should be able to make something work. I have a Lyman mold #311008 and the RCBS GC mold (don't recall the #) that I use for my 32-20 rifle. I also have a pair of ivories I put on it from time to time. I am whittling a set from apple to fit to the old revolver. These are not the grips it was shipped with from the factory. BUT, when I got it the barrel was chopped just in front of the ejector lug. I would hope it has more bluing! This one has been carried a lot and wears it's age well.

That looks like the one I have coming, but with a bit more bluing. There seems to be a thread running in the Group Buys area involving a '314008' rendition, IIRC. Can you say 'product line characteristic'? I mention this to emphasize that your Lyman #311008 castings may not be wide enough to fit the throats in your revolver for ideal functioning. 3125' grooves-which is incidentally the same dimensions as my much later Model 16-4 in 32 Magnum. I have to load cartridges specific to each of my two revolvers. I give the Bisley Colt 6.0 grains, and both guns shoot very close to their sights on target. 5.5 grains has become my go-to load in the 1905 with a 120 grain Mountain Molds revolver-specific boolit I had Dan cut for me 5-6 years ago. His data sahowed 6.0 grains under 115-120 grain boolits to be top-end in strong examples (Army Special, Colt SAA)-5.5 grains in the S&W K-frames-and 5.0 grains in the Colt Police Positive Specials.

The gist of the text is his 'Pet Load', which used SR-4756 powder to do his revolvers' best work.

If you can find a copy of Ken Waters' article on 'The 32-20 WCF In Revolvers', it may be the best piece I've read dealing with the subject. For my own part, neither the old OEM or the later Magna grips seen on Straw Hat's gun do my hands any favors-most of my revos wear aftermarket stocks of some type. These don't extent all the way up the grip frame to the recoil hump, and form a circle at the S&W logo at their top end. OEM grips on pre-war S&Ws can be seen on a few of their 'Classic Series' N-frame revolvers now in production. The grips shown are usually post-war, but are pre-1968 due to the 'diamond' surrounding the grip screw. The grip set on Straw Hat's example may not be original to the revolver.

Smith and wesson model 1905 serial numbers