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Originally Posted by DocB
It's actually a Shipping Date Letter which (as we all know) can have very little to do with the actual date of manufacture or birthdate of the gun. I have a Smith that shipped nearly 30 years after it was manufactured. Guns that laid around for a decade or more before shipping are quite common. . .especially in the 1930's.
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My two factory Chromed, 1905 / 4th models have serial numbers consistent with being manufactured the 1930s however not shipped until 1960 to a N.Y.C. S&W distributor. Coincidentally, both were shipped to the same dealer on the same day.