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Originally Posted by bvd1
I have the box with the label that shows the SN, product code and special order 4297 with the number 0508 after......
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The Spec. Ord. number indicates the precise ship date is....
October 24, 1994.
I have theories, but I don't know for sure what the second 4-digit number signifies, if anything. About one in thirty S&W box labels will have these various "extra" numbers after the Spec. Ord. number.
It's possible the Uncle Mikes are original. S&W was routinely putting them on
Combat Magnums in the 1994 era on. But not exclusively. They also were still sending them out with traditional wood Magna service stocks. Flip a coin. Had it shipped before 1994 I'd say the UM's were unlikely to be original.