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Originally Posted by terminator2
...my blue box has a label on it that reads: "SHP: 8/11" If this is the month and year it was shipped from Smith, why would I be getting a new gun that is over 5 years old? Can anyone here tell me when the gun was made from the serial #?
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The current labels on new guns have the date (mmddyy) printed on the factory label, by itself with no other verbage by it. Older guns had a Spec. Order number (yddd=year & Julian date) on the label that was it's date..
If it was had before they stopped (early this year) putting the fired case envelope in the box, it will have the date on the envelope. That's the best way to find the date.
Post a picture of the box's label if you're not sure.
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