Ok - I have come into possession of this revolver.
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This may alarm some of you - but I did fire it today. It is chambered in .32-20 and the load was starline brass, Lee tl314-90-swc over 3.1 gr. titegroup with a federal 205m primer. I was really surprised at how well it shot. I have identified the following issues. The ejector rod knob is missing, the grips are broken, there is a little bit of endshake, the bore has light scattered pitting and the finish needs some help. I have some replacement grips on the way and plan to boil it and card it and see if I can make it look a little better, do something about the endshake and see about an ejector rod knob. It has a 4 digit s/n (just over 4,000). I think it is a first model hand ejector (model of 1896??). Could any of you gentlemen shed any light on exactly what I have here, I'd also be interested in opinions on the advisability of shooting this thing.