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Originally Posted by choppero
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Apologize as I should have been a little more clear/precise on what to ask....
If you call and talk to a customer service person, tell them that you "have a serial number and would you kindly tell me the model number for this revolver", or ask them the SKU/Product code, they will usually tell you that information, on rare occasion they just may give you the year/month that it was produced, but you just need to chat them up some. Any other requests about the gun, it's features or history will always get you the above re-directs. I've done this several dozen times over the years, up to about a month ago, so you should be able to get the model number confirmed (Mod 14) and the sku/product code. As was shown above by D Brown, the product code should come back as 100338, which is what your gun will turn out to be.
Sending for a history letter
may get you additional information as to where your gun shipped, but if the gun was a personal gun that the officer was authorized to carry, you will likely get the name of the distributor who S&W shipped it to. If you are lucky enough to get more, i.e., a department name, then you would be ahead on the information.
The Model 14 in the -5 engineering change was made from 1991 til 1994 when the -6 engineering change was introduced. The -5 version was purportedly made in a quantity of 2000 revolvers.
Good luck