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ser # DAM 6xxx
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That is a post 2004 serial number. The SCSW only covers up to 2004. You'll have to call S&W customer service to get the DOB. They'll give it to you for free over the phone.

Model 10, no serial #'s on the barrel or receiver, there is one on the cylinder though. "469XXX"
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If there are no other letter prefixes (such as D, C, etc), that serial number would be 1920's and it would be a 38 Military & Police. The model 10 designation did not start untill 1957.
There should be a matching SN on the underside of the frame grip butt, depending on the grips on it you may have to take them off to see it.

49K5xxx
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Serial numbers ran from 25K0001 in 1978 to 56K9999 in 1979.

Jim
 
Chief Model 36 DOM

Today I bought a sweet Nickled Chief! Bone stock and tight.
The serial number seems pretty low can anyone please shed some light on the year of manufacture?
The S/N is ABW7XXX .
I tried clicking on a couple of the sites mentioned here but they wouldn't let me post or let me in...
Thanks,
ZVP
 
The serial number seems pretty low can anyone please shed some light on the year of manufacture?
The S/N is ABW7XXX .
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ABW prefix would make it 1983. It's a "low" number in the "3 letter + 4 numeral" system that was introduced in 1980 and is still in use, but the Model 36 is much older than that, having been introduced as the Chiefs Special (at serial number "1") back in 1950 and then becoming the Model 36 in 1957, when S&W initiated model numbering.
 
One more guys, if you please...

Guys, I just picked up a Smith & Wesson Model 629-1, 4" bbl, with a serial number of ACU04XX

Fella I got it from mentioned he thought it was among the first of the stainless steel N-frames.

Any of you who could tell me anything about this revolver, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Doc
 
Guys, I just picked up a Smith & Wesson Model 629-1, 4" bbl, with a serial number of ACU04XX

Fella I got it from mentioned he thought it was among the first of the stainless steel N-frames.
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The Model 629 was introduced in 1979, and I believe it was the first stainless N-frame. The ACU serial number prefix indicates your gun was produced in 1983.
 
Cant determine what this model is

Hi,
just wanted to see which model number this is and what the ballpark the value can be . I paid 400 dollars for it..and now am wondering if too much?
It has the 4 line inscription on right side. also .22 long rifle ctc" on the side of the barrel.
serial number on butt plate.. 604**
also has the letter K before the numbers..but is about half inch before numbers
I was told its a .22 on a .38 frame and a low serial number and was semi valuable..
has about 5 to 10 percent wear. bluing fading where tip of barrel rubs on holster, also on the cylinder leading edge, where meets holster, when putting it away.
No safety, tapered barrel where barrel meets the frame and also has the adjustable sites, wood handles with checkering and single raised diamond each side with recessed screw...and was also wondering..Can I shoot .22 magnums in it? or just regular Long Rifle .22 ?
Thanks,
Robert.
 
serial # CAW2053xx thanks hope i did that right
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I'm assuming that you added the "xx" to the serial number, rather than replacing the last two digits of the SN with the "xx." Modern S&W serial numbers are of the form "3 letters plus 4 numbers" - I'm unaware of any that are 3+6. Assuming all that to be the case, your 640 would date from 1996, the last year of manufacture before it was replaced by the 640-1, introduced the same year in .357 caliber rather than .38 (as was the 640).

It has the 4 line inscription on right side. also .22 long rifle ctc" on the side of the barrel.
serial number on butt plate.. 604**
also has the letter K before the numbers..but is about half inch before numbers
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I'm pretty sure you have a K-22 Masterpiece (which later became the Model 17) from 1948. If so, the gun should have a 6" barrel and a front sight that is squared off in the back (vs. ramped). It if has a 4" barrel and ramped front sight that would make it a K-22 Combat Masterpiece (pre-Model 18), but those weren't introduced until 1949. The "K" is part of the serial number, though in my experience at least, the separation you describe is somewhat unusual.

Older S&Ws are always valuable, but condition is important and based on your description you have a very nice, but not really collectible, revolver with what sounds like the original "diamond Magna" grips. I think you did fine on the price. (And I'd happily buy the gun from you at a tidy profit, as 1948 is my birth year and I've been looking for an S&W revolver from that year for a while.)

S&W doesn't really have a ".38 frame" per se. Your gun is built on the K-frame, the medium-size frame that is used for a number of different cartridges, including the .38 Special.

The .22 Magnum rimfire is a different cartridge and will not fire, shouldn't even chamber, in your gun. You can shoot any of the cartridges that are similar to the .22 LR, such as the .22 short, .22 CB Long, etc., in the gun, but there's no particular reason to as those are typically more expensive than the ubiquitous .22 LR.
 
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s&w 38 spc

Hi, I have a S&W 38 spcl. The seriel number is J173xxx. Can anyone give me the approx manufacture date. Thanks in advance. Keith
 
Thanks Flyfish !
It has the 6 inch flat topped ribbed ? barrel and a sloping front site.
the K on the bottom of grip area and then a space of about 4 missing numerals and then 604**
so what can I for sure tell my uncle, how bad he screwed up letting it go for so cheap?
K-22 Masterpiece..maybe 1948 ?
 
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