Smith and Wesson serial number search

Just picked up a 686, no dash....SN# AFFXXXX.....any clue on date of birth or value? I'd probably rate it 90-95%.
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1984.
You didn't mention barrel length but a common 6" would be around the $500 range in this area.

Jim
 
Serial Number

I just put my money down on a very lightly used M&P 40c
Serial # DSY0672. Can you tell me when it was made?

Thanks,
Ricky
 
Hi - I just got myself a M-19 Combat magnum 6- inch barrel target hammer and trigger. Serial number 48k5xxx. Great revolver.

Great post - :)
 
Trying to figure out my inherited S&W 44 spl

I inherited a S&W revolver chambered in a .44 S&W Special recently and am hoping for some help to figure out just what I have here.

I suspect it is a New Century, but I believe there are 3 different models of the New Century. It has 6 1/2" barrel, walnut grips, no model number and a serial number of 143xx. There is an ejector shroud. It may have triple lock - I'm not sure how to tell. There are 3 clicks made when pulling back the hammer. S&W logo is on right below the hammer. "44 S&W SPECIAL CTG" is on right side of barrel. On top of the barrel are 6 patent dates, preceded by "SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS. U.S.A. PAT'D..." then goes on with dates of 1894, 1895, 1896, 1901, 1901 and 1906. It has adjustable rear sight (horizontal and vertical screw adjustments). I am about to spring for the $50 S&W letter but I'm not really looking to sell this- just to figure out what it is.

I shot this a lot as a kid and it's still in great shape.

Any help?
 
Grandpa Si - All of the information you've provided is consistent with the gun being a .44 Hand Ejector 1st Model, also known as the New Century and/or Triple Lock. The third lock is at the front of the yoke cutout - you can find a photo of it here at the Smith & Wesson Forum. Depending on condition, your gun could be worth some serious money. I know you said you don't have any plans to sell it, but you may want to have it appraised for insurance purposes.

3rdDragoon - (Assuming you were looking for a production date for your M19): 1978/79
 
age of s &w

Can any one tell me when this snuby nickle plated smith & wesson was manf?
the serial # is 29489 but on the square butt it has c 26876. thanks
 
Can any one tell me when this snuby nickle plated smith & wesson was manf? the serial # is 29489 but on the square butt it has c 26876.
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A little more info, particularly the calilber it's chambered for, would help to pin it down, but it's most likely a .38 Military & Police, the pre-Model 10, and that serial number (the serial number on S&Ws is, with rare exceptions, always on the butt) places it in the 1948 time frame. The gun should be chambered for .38 Special if so.

That said, with a "C" sn prefix, it could also be a .38/200 Military & Police (pre-Model 11) if chambered for the .38 S&W cartridge (NOT .38 S&W Special), but that's unlikely because those guns were not manufactured with snubby length barrels and were not nickel plated. The other possibilities include the pre-Model 12 Airweight, but those weren't introduced until 1952, so that's unlikely, and (if chambered in .22 rimfire) the .22 M&P (pre-Model 45), but those didn't have short barrels either and I don't think they were nickel plated - and they're uncommon.
 
Model 64-5 Serial Number/Age

Hi,

I purchased a revolver supposedly retired from a police department. It's a double action only model 64-5 with serial number BSZ0xxx.

Any information about date born, etc?

Thanks.
 
I just put my money down on a very lightly used M&P 40c
Serial # DSY0672.
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That serial number dates to after 2004 (last year the SCSW covers).
You can get the DOB free over the phone from S&W customer service.

S&W
1-800-331-0852 (USA)
Mon-Fri 8:00AM-8:00PM Eastern Time

model 64-5 with serial number BSZ0xxx
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1994/95.

Jim
 
Can anyone with "the book" tell me anything about my recently acquired S&W Mod 57
Serial # N650446
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1979/80.
Built on the "N" frame, model 57's (41 Mag) were available in blue or nickle finish from 1964 till 2005.
A fixed sight version (model 58) was offered for a short while also.
The stainless steel version was offered from 1986 on as the model 657.

S&W has recently reintroduced the 57 and 58 under their "Classic" series.

Jim
 
bigseth: 1984

A couple of other things that may be of interest: The Model 60 was Smith's first stainless revolver, introduced in 1965. The "no dash" was manufactured until 1988, when it was replaced by the 60-3, which had a new yoke retention design. What happened to the -1 and -2? They were limited production runs with special features, manufactured in 1972 and 1987, respectively.
 
Hi, need help, what is manufacture year for model 60 , 4785xx, 38 spl., pinned bbl.
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The Model 60 is essentially the stainless version of the Model 36, and when it was introduced in 1965 it was numbered within the Model 36 series, eventually changing to an "R" prefix (the M36 got a "J" prefix) in 1969. According to SCSW, the first Model 60 was approximately at SN 401754 (in 1965), and the last of the Chief's Special series prior to the switch to the letter prefix SNs was SN 786544 (in 1969). So, yours falls within the earlier part of that range.
 
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