wnycollector
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I'm looking for date of manufacture for a 5" pre-model 10 .38. On the frame and crane is E 44528. Under the barrel is c 135304. Thanks in advance!
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Late 1986 to early 87.serial #ANR17XX
1948-51.Under the barrel is C135304.
Yes, if it is the actual SN, it would place it as a 38 Military and Police, 4th Change, made from 1915 to 1942 with serial numbers 241704 - 700000.Would that be a valid number if there weren't a dash in it?
My M638 has a DBD prefix and was made in August of 2007.Also my 686
DBR 3***
+1. FYI older S&Ws chambered in .38S&W don't say "Special" on the barrel, just ".38 S&W CTG." or ".38 S&W".Also, if it's a 38 Special then it will actually say 38 S&W Special CTG. on the barrel (38 S&W SPL on short barrels).
FWIW if it's a 5-screw gun that lacks the word "Special" but will chamber a .38Spl cartridge, tell your dad to keep looking. It's likely one of the infamous .38Spl conversions of a former British military Lend-Lease Victory from WWII. These guns were originally manufactured in .38S&W but rechambered in .38Spl for commercial sale in the U.S. They have zero value as collectibles due to the modifications, and are sometimes unsafe to fire due to the poor quality of the reworking.My dad is looking at what he says is a five screw, six sot .38...
It's a J frame made sometime in the mid 1960s. It should have a model number stamped inside the yoke cut.582XXX
I received this revolver from my grandpa when he passed. I just want to know what year it was made. Or anything about it.
1972-1974, and most likely 1973 since it's in the middle of the N60,001 – N190,000 range.Can someone tell me what year this S&W 29-2 .44Mag was made? I know it's after 1969
Serial# N130xxx
No, it's a postwar K-22 Target Masterpiece. A prewar gun would have:I had always been told it was pre-WWII. Pre K? But what is the model of this revolver? Could it possibly be a Prewar K-22 Combat Master Piece.