Notice the groove that the screw tip locks into. Enough of such mundane matters, on to the fun stuff! The later pistol's barrel seems to protrude beyond the muzzle plug, where the earlier's is flush. The 137 has the model info on the right side. The markings on the breech cap are different. Besides the use of plastic grips on the 137 and some differences in screws, the sight on the earlier pistol is a one piece brass affair, where the later sight is a steel stamping. The upper pistol, a pre-1952 (according to Fletcher's "The Saint Louis & Benjamin Air Rifle Co.'s") Benjamin 132 was purchased in November and happily doesn't work at all! So I'm going to tear into it. I picked up the lower pistol, a later Benjamin 137 (.177 cal) earlier in the year. Happy New Year! I finally had a bit of time to buckle down and tear apart some airguns.
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