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Old 02-23-2010, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by StingrayG4 View Post
Also, what years were the 10-5s made? I'm guessing that's as close as I'm going to get to narrowing down it's age.

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The M10-5 engineering change was made from 1962 to 1977.
Guns from 62 to ~ 67/68 would have diamond grips.
Did you look at the numbers under the ejector star?

As to the serial number on the butt, others that have a better understanding of the law can chime in, but you could have an issue here. Have you checked on the gripframe, under the grips to see if the s/n could have been restamped elsewhere?
M10's from this time window would have either a C s/n prefix or a D s/n prefix, and some guns made in 1977 could have a 2Dxxxxx prefix/sequence.
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