S&W heirloom

[Faulkner]

My aging grandmother gave me my grandfather's "little pocket pistol" (as she called it) yesterday. My grandfather passed away about 30 years ago, and my grandmother has kept it all this time. She said he bought it at a hardware store in Memphis in 1932, and that he carried it around with him almost everywhere he went.

It's a .32 S&W Lemonsqueezer, with a serial number 1756xx, but that's about all I know about it. It also came with a box of Peters cartridges, but I suspect they only date back 30 or 40 years. I'll have to do some research to see when these were originally made.

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[neilwest]

1. Imight be worth something to a collector, but it will never be worth what it means to you. I will research and see if I can find out some info for you. KEEP IT!!!!!!!!:D

[Skip]

Thanks for sharing your grand dad's S&W with us.

[zouavexx]

Priceless family history. Thanks for posting it!

[Richard Simmons]

That looks to be in very nice condtion. The ammo and especially the box might bring a pretty penny. This might help if you want to know more about the revolver. http://www.smith-wesson.com/helpdesk/history.html

[Steven Mace]

Faulkner, Your 'Lemonsqueezer' was also known as the S&W .32 Hammerless Third Model which was made from 1909-1937. The serial number range for this model was 163,082-242,981, per Fjestad. I can't pinpoint the year on manufacture but my guess would be somewhere between 1913-1915. You would need to verify this with S&W to be sure of the date. Also, barrel lengths offered were 2", 3" or 3.5". If yours has a 2" barrel it might be considered a 'Bicycle Gun' and be worth about twice as much as those with longer barrels. Hope this helps.

Steve Mace

[REDSTAR]

Man what a neat little pistol and a history to go with it. Thanks for sharing it.

[HomerTHX1138]

This stuff is great. And to think guns like these are destroyed in buy-backs... Well, a happy story here anyway!