The Smith & Wesson company was formed in 1852, in Norwich, Connecticut. The company's first offering was a lever-action repeating pistol. Moving forward from those beginnings, Smith & Wesson shaped innovations in the manufacturing of modern handguns. As of March 2011, Smith & Wesson offers approximately 110 different pistols of varied designs and features.
- Smith And Wesson Serial Number Date Of Manufacture K Frame For Sale
- Smith And Wesson Serial Number Date Of Manufacture K Frames
- Smith And Wesson Serial Number Date Of Manufacture K Frame For Sale
- Smith And Wesson Serial Number Date Of Manufacture K Frame Replacement
Smith And Wesson Serial Number Date Of Manufacture K Frame For Sale
Examine the barrel of the Smith & Wesson pistol. Locate either 'Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Massachusetts' or 'Smith & Wesson; Houlton, ME' stamped on the barrel. This identification proves that the handgun is an authentic Smith & Wesson pistol.
Locate the serial number on the left side of the pistol's frame. The standard location for the serial number is above the trigger guard. Some serial numbers are located underneath the frame in front of the trigger guard. Others are on the rear of the frame, above the gun's grip.
Look up the pistol's full serial number -- including all letters and numbers -- in the back section of the 'Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson' book. These listings inform you of the pistol's date of manufacture, based on the serial number.
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Get a basic idea of whether your Smith & Wesson pistol was manufactured at a very early date or a later date by identifying the letters from A to Z in the serial number. The letter 'A' denotes a pistol manufactured at a very early date. The letters continue on through the alphabet, for pistols manufactured at later dates.
The numbers in the Smith & Wesson serial numbers are random numbers.
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Smith And Wesson Serial Number Date Of Manufacture K Frames
Jan 26, 2008 - Smith and Wesson serial number search Handguns: The Revolver Forum. (heard that the stainless K-frames are good to go with +P after reading in the Smith manual online that. A manufacture date of 1966 makes sense. I did some gun trading today and I traded for a Smith&Wesson old school model 66 (stainless, 4' tube, K-frame,.357 magnum)with the hammer mounted firing pin. The gun is in amazingly good shape, and has seen limited use. It's marked model 66-l (66 and a simple vertical line.
Smith And Wesson Serial Number Date Of Manufacture K Frame For Sale
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Smith And Wesson Serial Number Date Of Manufacture K Frame Replacement
06-22-2005, 03:33 PM | #1 |
Senior Member Location: Virginia | S&W Dates of Manufacture I have some S&Ws that I cannot seem to narrow the date of manufacture down any farther and don't want to send off for a letter for each, either. I figure we have enough experts around here that may have better resources available to them than just the internet and an old S&W book to help, and was hoping some of you may be more successful than I. If this goes well then I may post in some other forums for help with a few others. Thanks! -RHM S&W 1903 Hand Ejector 2nd Model .32 Long #212X 1903-04? S&W 1899 Military & Police .38 Colt #198XX 1899-1902? S&W Model 19-3 #322XX 1967-1976? S&W Model 24 3' Lew Horton AEL07XX 1984? S&W Model 28-2 #N1510XX 1972-1974? S&W Model 29-2 #N3057XX 1975-1977? S&W Model 29-2 #N3207XX 1975-1977? S&W 34-1 M826XX 1973-1977? I also have what appears to be a S&W 1860 #1 3rd Issue, but has no markings aside from a small '19' on the front of the cylinder, and stippling on the top of the barrel where the markings would normally be. The nickel finish is excellent, as are the grips. |