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Smith and Wesson serial number search
- Thread starter Driveout02
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pistol named Bertha
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Its supposed to be from a police officer. I dunno it has some wear on it. I'm assuming the value would be more if it had stock grips? Thanks by the way!
Yes, the original grips would help. Scratched out numbers on the frame do not help either.I'm assuming the value would be more if it had stock grips?
Not to mention, S&W made a few million model 10's so they are very common, including the older ones.
Jim
Dave Anderson
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manufacture date of a model 10 S.N. D834xxx
1975 - 1976, most likely 1976. Last number in 1976 was D870000
1980.The serial number I see is 59K4210
Serial numbers ran from 57K0001 to 91K6800 that year.
The other numbers are assembly numbers.
Value depends on condition and barrel length. So, anywhere from $350 to $600.
Jim
Dave Anderson
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Hi I'm trying to find out the date of my sons s&w 38 revolver, model 202. If someone could please help me out, that would be great!
the serial # starts with: BEA7***
The s/n dates to August 1989.
I've never heard of a model 202, though.
.38 S&W
Gentlemen,
I just inherited an old S&W that belonged to my great grandfather, he was a Chicago cop in the teens through the 40's. It's nickel plated with mother-of-pearl grips. Serial number on the bottom is 3916XX. When I open the cylinder I find 18256 stamped in two places. It says .38 S&W Special CTG on the barrel.
Any idea how old this actually is? Also would appreciate recommendations on where to send it for restoration. It hasn't been fired in many many years. It works as it should, but needs to be replated and gone through.
Happy Holidays,
Todd
Gentlemen,
I just inherited an old S&W that belonged to my great grandfather, he was a Chicago cop in the teens through the 40's. It's nickel plated with mother-of-pearl grips. Serial number on the bottom is 3916XX. When I open the cylinder I find 18256 stamped in two places. It says .38 S&W Special CTG on the barrel.
Any idea how old this actually is? Also would appreciate recommendations on where to send it for restoration. It hasn't been fired in many many years. It works as it should, but needs to be replated and gone through.
Happy Holidays,
Todd
Dave Anderson
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old S&W that belonged to my great grandfather, he was a Chicago cop in the teens through the 40's. It's nickel plated with mother-of-pearl grips. Serial number on the bottom is 3916XX. When I open the cylinder I find 18256 stamped in two places. It says .38 S&W Special CTG on the barrel.
Since it is marked for the .38 Special cartridge it is most likely a K-frame Military & Police, Model of 1905, Fourth Change. These can be hard to date precisely as I know of no year-by-year s/n records.
A reasonable estimate would be early to mid 1920s. According to SCSW S&W sold a number of these revolvers marked Texas State Prison from 1927-1930, scattered in the s/n range from 500000 to 630000.
Also would appreciate recommendations on where to send it for restoration. It hasn't been fired in many many years. It works as it should, but needs to be replated and gone through.
My personal inclination is to leave family/heirloom guns as they are, taking pains to preserve the remaining condition. However you didn't ask about my preferences. If I wanted to have it checked out and renickeled I'd start by getting in touch with the S&W factory and see what they think.
black mamba
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I would appreciate a year of mfg. for a 629-4 Classic full underlug 6.5" with ser no. CCB50xx. Thanks in advance.
According to the SCSW that would be 1997.629-4 Classic full underlug 6.5" with ser no. CCB50xx
That said, I also had a 629-4 Classic DX with the same SN prefix (CCB). The target and fired casing with it were dated 1996.
Jim
black mamba
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Thank you, layton, do you happen to know the differences between your DX and my straight Classic, other than I gather there's a 1/2" difference in the barrels?
The story goes: when the classics were test fired any of them shooting a sub 1.5" 50 yard (or .75" 25 yard group) were seperated and labeled as DX's. They were shipped with 4 additional front sights of varying style, wood finger-grooved combat grips in addition to the standard Hogue rubber grips and the test target. Oh, and a $200 higher price tag.
They had the same barrel lengths as the classic: 5", 6.5" and 8.375".
Jim
They had the same barrel lengths as the classic: 5", 6.5" and 8.375".
Jim
black mamba
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Thanks again. I guess I got some bad info-- I thought the DX were 6" and the Classic were 6.5".