Smith and Wesson serial number search

Huh, I had no idea that PA had such a law. Here in Massachusetts we have to report gun transactions to .gov, which amounts to a de facto registration, but there's no requirement to register guns that were owned prior to the reporting requirement. I'm a couple of weeks away from a long-anticipated relocation to New Hampshire, where there's none of that BS. Can't come soon enough.

Thanks for the compliment, but I'm really just a guy who happens to own "the book" - i.e., the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, which is a great reference that you can pick up on Amazon for short money, considering how much information it has. I don't think I can do much more with the photos, but please post them anyway - I'd like to see the gun and I'm sure others would as well.

Before you spend the $50 on a factory letter from Mr. Jinks, which still may not solve the mystery for you, you might try posting over on the S&W Forum, where the real experts hang out. They very well might have some ideas that haven't occurred to me, or perhaps carguychris might stop by with the answer.
 
thanks for the quick reply. i will post up some pics as soon as i can and i will post over on the S&W forums and if i find anything out i will post it up.
 
Edit: shoot! Just realized I posted a model 39 question in the revolver forum...I'm a dope. :o


Ahhh what the hell, a search yielded a few other 39 questions so I'll leave the post in hope some kind soul can help me out. :cool:


I'm hoping someone with a serial number book can help me out. The serial number is: 105XXX

Any idea on the age?

Thanks!
 
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b.read - The book has much less information on semiautos than revolvers, mentioning only that SNs started at 1001 in 1954, continuing to 115000 in 1970 before switching over to an "A" prefix, and eventually switching over to the 3-letter prefix in 1984. There's some year-by-year info on the letter-prefix SNs, but that's it on the older ones.
 
Ah...I gotcha. Thanks for checking for me! I now know that it's atleast pre-70, which is more than I knew before. I'll keep poking around, there is TONS of info on this site- glad to be aboard. :)
 
Hey all.

My grandfather recently gave a S&W 38 Special that I would like to find more about.

When someone gets a chance could you lookup the DOB please?

Serial# C 217XXX (Square Butt)
 
model 19-3 DOB

My father recently left me S&W 357 model 19-3 # 2K4211xx, all the data I could find shows it DOB was between 1967-1977. It wears Pachmayr Presentation Grips and is marked O.C.S.D.

I would like to put original S&W grips back on her. The research I’ve done, shows early -3 (which I believe to be) she could have worn Diamond grips, a DOB will help me find the correct target grips.

And any info you would like to share about the correct grips that may be helpful.

When someone gets a chance could you look up the DOB please?
 
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27-2 Serial# N373xxx
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N3xxxxx ran from 1975 to 1976.

model 19-3 # 2K4211xx
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You have one too many digits in the SN. Assuming it's 2K421xx it's 1971.
That's a few years after the diamond grips were discontinued (around 1968).
A 6" would have target grips, 4" target or magna and a 2.5" would be magna.

Jim
 
I have a rusty old S&W top break, single action, 44 cal. I think it's a 44 Russian model 3. Serial number is 30404. Any idea what the date would be on it?
 
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N1 thru N99999 ran from 1969 to 1972.

Serial number is 30404
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That serial number along with 44 caliber leaves four possibilities:
1)2nd Model American (single action). SN's ran from 8000 to 32800 from 1872 to 1874.
2)First Model Russian (aka Model Number 3 Russian 1st Model)(single action). SN's ran from 6000 to 32800 from 1871 to 1874.
3)New Model Number Three (single action). SN's ran from 1 to 35796 from 1878 to 1912.
4).44 Double Action. SN's ran from 1 to 54668 from 1881 to 1913.

Jim
 
s and w serial number help

Just got a new to me smith and wesson 38 ok condition would like to know year it was made no model looks a m 10 4'' serial number c13xx
any info would help
Thanks Mike
 
Picture would help but most likely a Military & Police that became model 10 in 1957 by serial number it was most likely made in 1948-49.
 
The "C" prefix for S&W M&P revolvers started March 22, 1948. S&W at the time was turning out thousands of these revolvers every month to meet an overwhelming demand from U.S. (and international) police agencies.

S/N C13XX most likely dates to late March/early April of 1948.
 
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