Smith and Wesson serial number search

Hi guys

just picked up a used 686-6 with a AJV5XXX serial number

can someone tell me the DOB and other info on it, thanks!
 
thanks, that's odd because the model is 686-6 SKU 164224 but the serial # is AJV......the firing pin is not on frame mount (i think)
 
thanks, that's odd because the model is 686-6 SKU 164224 but the serial # is AJV...
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Are you getting the model number off the gun or off the box? The SKU doesn't appear on the gun, so presumably that's coming off the box. That SKU identifies a product that was manufactured from 2004 to 2006, and as Jim said the AJV serial number prefix would indicate 1985/86, which would make it a 686 "no dash" or possibly a -1.

Putting all that together, I'm guessing that you've got a no dash or -1 in a -6 box. Swing the cylinder out and look at the part of the frame that's exposed. In addition to some other numbers, the model number will be stamped there. If it's stamped 686-6 then I'm really at a loss. S&W has been known to build guns on older frames that they happened to have in stock that were already stamped with an earlier model number, but it seems impossible that could be the case here.
 
Can someten help me? Got a S&W model 10-5 serial # C931xxx, i want to know the manufacture date, hope someone colud help me, thanks guys
 
Got a S&W model 10-5 serial # C931xxx
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1966 -1967. The range was C810533 to C999999 and it was the last time that S&W used a single "C" prefix on serial numbers (not counting the 3-letter prefix in use currently).
 
Thanks for the help so far

I have a S&W model 1950 Target .45 with serial number N2845**. It is in mint condition looks like new. All original been in a safe for 36yrs or so. Any idea on value today?
 
Hi, just stumbled upon this thread while trying to find the age of an S&W model 10.
Serial is: D9177xx

Thanks in advance!
 
need help

I was given my grandfathers navy issue revolver when he passed away and im finally trying to gets some info on it but i havent haf much luck. The number on the bottom is 780xx and the side of the barrel reads 38 s & w special us service ctgs. I approximate it to be from the 1950 ish based on my grandfathers age. If anyone knows anything please let me no my grandfather was a very private person i am hoping this will let me get to no more about him. Thanks
 
The number on the bottom is 780xx and the side of the barrel reads 38 s & w special us service ctgs.
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Just the serial number isn't much information to go on. It would be helpful to know the number of chambers in the cylinder, type of sights (i.e., fixed vs. adjustable), barrel length, etc. Best of all would be if you could post clear photos of both sides of the gun.

It could be a .38 Special Military & Police, but that serial number would place it in the ca. 1906 time period, which is obviously a long way away from the 1950s. Be sure you have the right number of digits and, if there's a letter(s) in front of the numbers, even if separated from them a bit, that is part of the serial number as well.
 
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It is a 6 chamber and the sights are fixed, not adjustable. There is no letter in front of the numbers on the bottom,780xx. We think the barrel length is 4 inches measured from the end of th e frame. It has a rounded butt and it has 5 screws.
Hopefully that gives u more info. Thanks for your help. Ill try to get some pics.
 
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That's all consistent with it being a .38 Military & Police Model of 1905 - 1st Change, manufactured from 1906 to 1909 in the serial number range 73251 to 146899. Please post photos if you can.
 
I have acquired a model 60 and wanted to know when it was made and anything about it. It's serial is R261xxx. It also has 88536 stamped on it.
 
I have acquired a model 60 and wanted to know when it was made and anything about it. It's serial is R261xxx. It also has 88536 stamped on it.
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Your Model 60 was produced in 1979-1980; the serial number range for those years was R220001 to R280000. The "88536" is what's known as an "assembly number," used in the factory to keep track of fitted parts during the manufacturing process - it has no other significance.

As you probably know, the Model 60 is the stainless version of the Model 36 Chiefs Special, and it was S&W's first stainless revolver. The "R" serial number prefix is a little unusual in that it was used only for the Model 60 and for early production runs of the somewhat obscure Model 651 .22 magnum rimfire kit gun.

The Model 60 was introduced in 1965 and remains part of S&W's current product line, available both in .357 and in .38 Special +p only, and can also be had with adjustable sights and a longer barrel.
 
I picked up a used model 10-10 earlier today. I've been told it was an Australian police trade in, but have no way to confirm that.

Serial number BKZ52XX.

Can one of you fine folks tell me the year and anything else that shows up with that serial?
 
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