1996.Could someone help me out with the date of a S&W Model 686-4 S/N CBAXXXX
First, if it's an older S&W and it's shiny, it's nickel finish, not stainless. AFAIK S&W has not made any factory SS revolvers chambered in .38S&W.I recently aquired what appears to be an older stainless steel .38 sw ctg with a sn of 538###. I've looked at several pictures but nothing matches this revolver.
...which is a Ruger, not a S&W.and S 2055xx a 357 Blackhawk?
Hi,
Might you help me with BRK 65xx a Model 66
and S 2055xx a 357 Blackhawk?
Many Thanks.
1. S&W .32 Safety Hammerless First Model serial # 77,40x.
2. S&W .357 Magnum Post-War (pre model 27) serial # S829xx.
3. S&W model 42 serial # 124xx flat latch pre"J" prefix.
4. S&W model 29-2 serial # N4538xx.
5. S&W model 41 serial # A5728xx.
The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson list serial numbers blocks by the years that S&W used them. S&W would make a large run of frames but not use them all up for anywhere from a few weeks to several years. Sometimes a frame with a later serial number would be assembled and shipped before an earlier serial numbered frame. The only way to get an exact date is to get a letter from S&W, which cost about $30 and can be done through their web site. Even then your getting the date it was shipped, not necessarily when it was made.I was really hoping to find out if the # 1. S&W .32 Safety Hammerless First Model serial # 77,40x was an antique / made in 1898 or before. Is there any way to tell ???
Does it help if you have the other digits for the # 2. S&W .357 Magnum Post-War (pre model 27) serial # S829xx = S82985 = 1952 ???
And the # 4. S&W model 29-2 serial # N4538xx. = N453816 = 1977 ???
And the # 3. S&W model 42 serial # 124xx flat latch pre"J" prefix has the 4 screw sidplate. Does that help ???
If it's double action, then it's not a tip-up, it's a top-break. The terminology is confusing because the cylinder of a top-break does indeed tip up; however, on a proper S&W tip-up, the muzzle end of the barrel tips up. The hinge is located above the forcing cone. FWIW the tip-ups were all SA, and the .32-caliber variants fired the now-obsolete .32 Rimfire cartridge.I recently obtained a Smith & Wesson 32 Double Action, tip up revolver (1880 to 1919). It is nickel finish with Mother of Pearl grips (grips have brass S&W logos). The seriel number is 2318XX.