The rifle dates to 1921 according to an online serial number chart, so its closing in on 100 years old! Crescent butt, half mag, originally had a 26" barrel I think but had been cut down to 21" (fine with me). The gun had a pretty rough life, but I got it back in working order and it shoots really well.
I year or so ago, i had Hawk make me a batch of bullets for this gun. 165 grain, with a little thinner jacket than the bullet they make for the 32 special. They even put a cannelure in the correct position for me. Great folks at Hawk and awesome bullets. Highly recommend. This summer I worked a load up with 3031 that shoots about 1900 fps, and is plenty accurate. here are some pics.
loaded round - you can see the one empty in the foam block that accounted for the doe. plenty more loaded and ready to go
hawk bullets
here is the entrance - perfect 32 cal hole
here is the exit. MUCH bigger! and her shoulder was all loosey goosey. I think that bullet did quite a number in there
pretty big hole in the lung
I certainly wouldn't hesitate to take this gun and load back hunting!!!
Its really fun getting old guns back shooting and bringing home meat like they were meant to !!
