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History of Smith and Wesson 432 32 magnum


Joe86

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I purchased a S & W  an Airweight 432 32 magnum (not 327 magnum) for my wife in 2006. At the time I was told by the gunshop this was an uncatalogued model that Smith was making for one distributor. My wife fired about 30 rounds and its been sitting in the box since then. We were in the March tornado in Nashville in March and appear to have lost the ammo. I am trying to find out the history of the weapon and what Smith has done with this model since 2006.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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1 hour ago, Joe86 said:

I purchased a S & W  an Airweight 432 32 magnum (not 327 magnum) for my wife in 2006. At the time I was told by the gunshop this was an uncatalogued model that Smith was making for one distributor. My wife fired about 30 rounds and its been sitting in the box since then. We were in the March tornado in Nashville in March and appear to have lost the ammo. I am trying to find out the history of the weapon and what Smith has done with this model since 2006.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Built off the alloy J frame 2004-2006. Its brother is the 431pd (hammered model) also in 32 h&r magnum. It IS a cataloged model despite what the shop told you and there was no "one" distributor, at least to my knowledge. I had them both at one time. Stout little backup or pocket carry. Im fairly certain they have not reintroduced this model but have no information to prove that. Hope that helps

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This helps quite a bit. Now I just have to find where my wife packed the ammo!!!!

BTW, the is the same weapon you looked at for me 6 months ago with the stuck cylinder, I took it to a local gun shop (won't mention the name in an open forum at this time). They sent it to Smith without my authorization) and it went through the performance center for repair and a $100 charge (and 5 months) since the gun smith never asked if I was the original owner. 

Never going back to that gun shop again.

 

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What are the first three letters of the serial number?  Around 2014, there were a bunch of new 432 showing up on online retailers.  I didn’t recall seeing one on a shelf anywhere. I passed at ordering one because of the lock.  I wished that I would have bought one.  It’s hard to say if they had been hanging around for ten years or if S&W did another short run like they often will do.

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