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Pre Model 10 S & W

autosmithautosmith Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
edited March 2009 in Ask the Experts
Can anyone tell me the production date of a Pre model 10 38 special w/ serial number 121xxx.

Thanx
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  • RCrosbyRCrosby Member Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sure,
    1905/6.
    Sorry, I couldn't help myself.[:D]
    Welcome to the forum. Someone far more knowledgable and hopefully a bit less smart-assed than myself will be along soon.
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  • cussedemguncussedemgun Member Posts: 985 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    autosmith,

    Your Smith & Wesson will have the serial number stamped on the bottom of the grip frame. Some guns will require you to remove the grip panels to view the number. Please verify the ser# at that location including any & all letters there also whether prefix or suffix to the number.

    If your gun has no letter (prefix); it will be -
    .38 Military & Police Model of 1905 - 2nd Change mfg. 1906-1909
    ser# range 73251-146899

    If your gun has a "V" prefix, it will be,
    .38 Military & Police "Victory" Model mfg. 1942-1945
    ser# range V1-V769000 & SV769001-SV811832
    All Victory Model guns were made with a lanyard ring. Many have been removed with the hole in the bottom of the grip frame being plugged.

    If your gun has a "K" prefix, it will be,
    .38 Military & Police (postwar) - Pre-Model 10
    Your ser# with a K prefix would date your gun to 1951

    Jim
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Autosmith...... The number as you listed it indicates the gun is a .38 Military & Police Model of 1905 2nd change. Made about 1909.
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  • autosmithautosmith Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The number is on the bottom of the grip frame and there is no letter prefix. So is it possible that it was made between 1906 - 1909

    Thank you for your help
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  • autosmithautosmith Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you Laredo Lefty and cussedemgum
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