Smith and Wesson serial number search

Question; I just picked up a snub .38 SS, S&W 60, #R319xxx, what year was it manufactured? Anyone know?? Thanks in advance!!! Non- pinned barrel, no dash model 60, so I'm guessing post 1982. Correct?

Oh, +P rated or not??? Thing is mint, locks up tight as a banker, looks like it was shot a few times, never cleaned, then carried in a belt holster judging from the dings on the bottom of the right grip panel and slight wear on the wood finish. I'm guessing it was a Detective or undercover officer's gun. Just grabbed it today as soon as I saw it as I knew it wouldn't last long at the KTP gun counter.;)

.38 ammo was sold out, but when I asked the clerk to check behind the counter as I was buying the revolver, he came back with a box of American Eagle 158 grain round nose lead .38's ... for $25! I was pretty happy with that. ;)
 
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Question; I just picked up a snub .38 SS, S&W 60, #R319xxx, what year was it manufactured?
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Serial number dates it to 1982.
While it is not rated for +p by S&W, it is an all steel gun and will handle +p just fine.
 
Reserved a LNIB S&W model 39 (no dash), serial number 107853. Any idea when it was made please ?

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Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson says it is between 1954 and 1970, which doesn't help you much. Sorry, unless somebody has a better list, your option may be to pay for a factory letter.
Nice old Smith.
 
Hey folks! New to the forum. I have a beautiful S&W model 30-1 2" barrel that belonged to my grandmother. She had it for home defense and fortunately never had to use it. So it's never been shot and brand new still in the box with paperwork. Can someone please tell me the year it was made? The serial # is H98xx

Thanks in advance!
 
For Post#8328, there don't seem to be any "H" prefixes with only 4 numbers to follow the "H".

BTW, brand-new would or might mean one's grandmother was an FFL and never sold or transferred the firearm from inventory.

H Serial Prefix Models: 30, 31,
1969-1970 H00001-H30001
1971-1972 H30002-H60000
1972-1976 H60001-H99999
1975-1980 H100001-H139900
1981 H139901-H160000
1982 H161001-H161200
1983 H161201-?

Supica, Jim,Nahas, Richard. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson (Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson) (Kindle Locations 16927-16934). F+W Media. Kindle Edition.
 
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Hmmm well it definitely is just 4 digits after the H. It's on the bottom of the grip and written on the box.

What I meant by brand new is it basically has been in the box for the past 40 or so years and not scene light of day. Pretty much still brand new in my book.
 
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What I meant by brand new is it basically has been in the box for the past 40 or so years and not scene light of day. Pretty much still brand new in my book.
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I believe the accepted description for such firearms is "LNIB" -- Like New In Box. If it has been sold at retail -- even once -- it is not "New."
 
The old NRA conditions were
New: Not previously sold at retail, in the same condition as factory produced.
Perfect: In new condition in every respect.

An antique could be described as New if it were unused even if you could not say that it had not been sold. Brought home and left unused in Grandpa's bureau drawer, ok, new.
 
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