Hello, I am new to this site, got to looking at some posts on here and seems to be a lot of good info. I ended up with a S&W model 1&1/2 3rd edition 32 s&w calibre in very nice condition, I had one shell so I did shoot it, worked fine. I am sure it has been refinished at some point in the past. I am curious what it should bring as I would like to sell it. Thanks in advance.
Howdy
Actually, that model is not commonly known as a Model 1 1/2. It is a simply a 32 Single Action. Sometimes known as a Model One and a Half Centerfire. It is a Top Break, meaning the barrel rotates
down to load it. Chambered for 32 S&W (not 32 S&W Long). This one shipped in 1889.
The Cowboy
crowd are looking for shooters for suspender guns, don't ask. I think they are starting hide out gun shoots.
Sorry to dampen your enthusiasm, but the Cowboy Crowd is not starting hide out gun shoots. We do have pocket pistol side matches at the larger events, but only at the larger events, not at regular monthly matches.
These are Tip Ups. These are the S&W revolvers that are usually identified by frame size. An older design than the Top Breaks. To load them the barrel is unlatched and rotates
up, hence the name. A Tip Up will not be competitive. Anybody who is competitive shoots a double action. All the Tip Ups were single action.
The largest of the S&W Tip Ups, the Model No. 2 and the Models No. 1 1/2 fired 32 Rimfire ammo, which is not commercially available. The only 32 Rimfire ammo available is antique stuff, and it is too expensive to shoot.
Top to bottom in this photo are a No.2 Old Army, No. 1 1/2 First Issue, and No. 1 1/2 New Model. They all fire 32 Rimfire Long ammunition, but frankly I only have a couple of boxes in my ammo collection and I am not going to shoot it.
The guys who are competitive in the pocket pistol matches will be shooting double action Top Breaks like this S&W 38 Double Action.
Or a Safety Hammerless (Lemon Squeezer) like this 32 Safety Hammerless.