You nailed it! My LGS responded with the same thing. He called it a "lemon squeezer"! My friend that is selling it assured me it was a Colt. Boy, am I gullible.
Thank you all for looking and to royal for setting the record straight.
Hard to tell at that angle but it's a Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless .32 by the looks of it, that is sporting a mismatched blued trigger guard. It has a six-digit serial number which means it is no older than the late 1890s. Can't read the serial number though so it could have been manufactured a good while later than that. Smith & Wesson was still assembling and selling their top-breaks right up until 1940.
I have had two in my collection that are nickel with a blued trigger guard. This was not uncommon.
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