S&W had no policy that required them to ship in serial number order.
And some items in the serial range I offered might not have shipped until 1955 or even later if they got stuck on a back shelf. But a lower serial number might have shipped as late as 1954 if the item spent a lot of time in S&W's vault before being pulled for delivery. That includes not only the Pre-10s, but some Airweight models as well. 38s with serial numbers between C275000 and C315000 seem to have shipped in 1954. There is no hard and fast rule about serial numbers, but most K-frame. If you check GB, don't just search for pre-Model 10, but also Model 10 and M&P and even Model 1905 4th change people don't use labels consistently.Ībsalom answered before I finished writing, but I'll go ahead and post anyway since my thoughts pretty much back up what he said. There are irregularities and guns sometimes shipped quite some time after the assumed date of manufacture (and there are no records of that for us history letters only give us shipping dates), so nothing is ever 100% unless your friend finds a gun that's already lettered.Īs for a source, I only buy local or on Gunbroker, which really has the largest selection, so I don't have other recommendations. But you could extrapolate roughly, and likely be safe with any gun below C 300000. Unfortunately, it doesn't give an end point for that year, but just up to C 4029-56 (sometime the company records didn't allow more precise info).
The Standard Catalog starts 1954 with serial number C 277555, so that gives you a starting point. Gunbroker seems to have quite a few, but not so many pre model 10 vintage. Wondered if anyone could steer me toward a serial number range for that year and then the best place to look for one online. Good friend.born in 1954 is looking for a pre model 10 from that year.
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