My Grandfathers S&W

[Mistered]

I will be doing the disassembly as carefully as possible

Be VERY careful removing the side plate - these sometimes fit very snugly and can be a challenge to remove

Also get online and research the direction of the threads for the ejector rod - some are LH and some are RH.

[Ernie]

That is a fine gun to inherit with the family history. Looking forward to seeing the finished version.

[Vaquero]

Cool family heirloom.
Hope you can get it back to a working condition.
I have an old top break .32 that I picked up from an estate auction back in the 90's.

Should have a picture somewhere.

RP

[Vaquero]

Here ya go pictured with my 1892 Marlin in .32 colt.

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RP

[fortyshooter]

Wow that is a great one to pass on to family members! Hope all goes well getting it cleaned and functional again!

[csgrv]

Great looking pair Vaquero!

I pulled the side plate and removed the crane and cylinder. Lots and lots of gunk.....spent about 90 minutes just on general cleaning.
I have the cylinder spinning free on the crane but still have a lot of dried grease and gunk inside. thankfully I have not found any rust due to the heavy layer of grease.

Someone had the side plate off recently because the screws were not hard to remove and the plate was not overly stuck. I found several videos online with disassemble instruction so I think a full break down is in order.


Thanks for all the comments and advise......

[Mistered]

so I think a full break down is in order.

Yep - you need everything apart so you can clean pin holes and all bearing surfaces.
Don't forget the ejector rod and all related parts as well.

[Dapull]

What a nice tribute to your grandfather and a really nice project. Hard for the family CFO (wife) to cancel a project when its "grandpa's gun". Big sad eyes help sometimes, especially so when its genuine. The breadth of knowledge available from forum members always amazes me. Going to go through my SW reference material tonight and learn about the 32, thanks.

[csgrv]

I sat down today and disassembled this weapon and found that most of the internals were stuck or gummed up with lots of dried grease.
It took a bit of both soaking and scrubbing to get it all clean. After putting things back together the action was really very smooth. The only things left to check are the lock up with a good smith and a set of original grips. Apparently at some point the right side grip brake and was replaced with what I think is a hand carved and painted grip.

Made great progress I think.

[Dapull]

https://gungrip.com/search.aspx?find=Sm ... 2+revolver
I have used N C Ordinance for grips on my old Beretta 's. They always have something that fits and lots of grips that look super, good service as well.
Good luck