Unfortunately, a serial number ALONE does not impart any information. H&A made rifles, shotguns and handguns. The company closed in 1916.
The Hopkins & Allen 832 was chambered in .32 RinFire Short.
You need to provide the serial number
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24647
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1983
Between 1880 and 1920.
1870-1910 or so
Hopkins and Allen purchased Forehand Arms in 1902, so sometime between then and 1915 when the company closed.
You just read it.
A copy of the Blue Book of Gun Values might help.