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S&W ID
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Dfariswheel
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The -dash number is a revision code, and this offers only a very general idea of production era.
As S&W makes guns, they make design changes, and each time a change is made, they change the -dash code.
The -2 Model 66 was introduced in 1982, and ran until the -3 sometime in the mid-1980's.
The only sure way to positively ID a production year, is by the serial number.
As S&W makes guns, they make design changes, and each time a change is made, they change the -dash code.
The -2 Model 66 was introduced in 1982, and ran until the -3 sometime in the mid-1980's.
The only sure way to positively ID a production year, is by the serial number.
Call them
Just get the phone number from the S&W website, if you don't have it, and call them. They will tell you the year it was made. That is what I do with Smiths. Some other mfrs, besides Colt, might not be so helpful. If it was a collectable gun, they will sell you a factory letter that gives specific dates, finish, and shipping info, like a Colt factory letter, but much less expensive.
Otherwise I have a S&W book by Jinks, but it only goes to the 70's.
Just get the phone number from the S&W website, if you don't have it, and call them. They will tell you the year it was made. That is what I do with Smiths. Some other mfrs, besides Colt, might not be so helpful. If it was a collectable gun, they will sell you a factory letter that gives specific dates, finish, and shipping info, like a Colt factory letter, but much less expensive.
Otherwise I have a S&W book by Jinks, but it only goes to the 70's.
Brian Williams
New member
Around oct nov 1987
Dan...
Thanks for the vote of confidence my friend, but in all fairness to Brian, the serial numbers as listed in The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson leave a little doubt about this number and the likely date of manufacture. They appear a tiny bit out of sequence. But I think we can all agree to a rough half year period.
Thanks for the vote of confidence my friend, but in all fairness to Brian, the serial numbers as listed in The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson leave a little doubt about this number and the likely date of manufacture. They appear a tiny bit out of sequence. But I think we can all agree to a rough half year period.