gun identification

[ozarktwiser]

anyone know what this thing is?
On the left side of the barrel its says 32 W.C.F. CTG

on the right side it says

SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS. U.S.A
PAT'D MARCH.27.94.MAY.21.95.AUG.4.98.DEC
22.98.OCT. 8.01.DEC17.01.FEB.6.06.SEP.14.09

or I think thats the numbers its hard to see

a 32 shell fits in but is loose and isn't big enough to get kicked out by the shell kicker outter thingy

 

[Bubbajms]

Don't take my word for it, but IIRC .32 WCF is .32-20, an older cowboy load that you don't see a lot of..

 

[SideArmed]

Did you put a .32 ACP or a .32 WCF in it?

And some reading material for you: https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/handguns/92561-32_wcf_ctg.html

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The round should look like one of the ones on the outside here:

Not like this:

 

[ozarktwiser]

Did you put a .32 ACP or a .32 WCF in it?

And some reading material for you: https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/handguns/92561-32_wcf_ctg.html

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Thanks! and I don't know, one of my gun range instructors tried it then recommended getting a .38 s&w ?

nobody i have ever shown it to has any idea what to shoot with it

 

[gunman41mag]

SMITH & WESSON HAND EJECTOR 32-20

 

[Bubbajms]

Thanks! and I don't know, one of my gun range instructors tried it then recommended getting a .38 s&w ?

nobody i have ever shown it to has any idea what to shoot with it

You won't find ammo for it at a big box store, that's for sure - I had a revolver like that and had to hunt, even at gun shops, for ammo for it. I ended up trading it off to someone who liked the history of it that would probably never even shoot it.

 

[SideArmed]

Thanks! and I don't know, one of my gun range instructors tried it then recommended getting a .38 s&w ?

nobody i have ever shown it to has any idea what to shoot with it

You should try a .32 WCF, Just a sugestion though, since that is what it says on the barrel.

Did the round they tried in it have a rim?

 

[1911 nut]

It's a 1905 Hand Ejector 2nd Change . Chambered for .32-20 ( .32 WCF ).

 

[Dewidmt]

As stated above... S&W Hand Ejector in 32-20...with a bad nickel job over old pitting! I had one, mfg. date was 1914...decent pistol, I reloaded for the 32-20 for awhile. These guns eventually morphed into the Model 10.