This is as close as the book gets: 1981 = J760001 - J915400.Any idea what month in 1981?
Your close: 4K1628 – 4K54104 = 1973.I have an 4" model 66 serial # 4K505** I think it was made around '74 but not sure.
1976.I have a Model 29, N399xxx. Would love to know when it was manufactured!
I have an 4" model 66 serial # 4K505** I think it was made around '74 but not sure.
1) Does the gun have an intertwined-"S&W" logo on it?
Yes on the handle.
2) Do you load and unload the gun by pressing a latch on the side, which makes the cylinder swing out to the left?
No
3) If not, I assume that you load and unload the gun by squeezing two buttons on the top rear of the gun,
No buttons there is a lever on top, in front of the trigger, you lift up that makes the barrel hinge down and cylinder hinge up.
I assume that it is still considered a top break.
Does it have a visible hammer? yes
4) If so, does it have a trigger guard (loop of metal around the trigger), and does the hammer move backwards by itself when the trigger is pulled? These two features should normally coincide.
Yes
OK, my explanation of how to open a top-break wasn't very accurate, but anyways...
It's a .32 Double Action 3rd Model, manufactured 1882-1883.
I answered that back on post # 548... 1973.Anyone? or is '74 the right year?
K224XXX = 1954I'm trying to date a couple of guns I inherited. I don't know much about guns. They are both S&W one is a 38 special #K 224xxx and I think a 45 #K275xxx.
1979/80. The -2 was the last version to have the pinned barrel and recessed cylinder chambers (P&R) making it more desirable to collectors.Model 27-2, Serial N611XXX
1971. You can find a lot of information about S&W's in general from the book The Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson. That's were we get the serial number to manuf. dates from. To find out the exact date your gun was shipped and were it shipped to you will have to pay for a letter/history look up from S&W which just increased to $50.Model 19-3 S/N 2K35186