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Old 09-25-2018, 07:43 AM
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DCW is correct on a SN 25 being shipped in 1967, which is about the time frame of the OPs gun, however, the manner in which the SN is stamped, far right instead of centered over the MODEL 39 is not how it would (or should have) been stamped.

That entry is at Ledger entry 25 on a printed pre-numbered ledger sheet, followed by: "78025 12/22/1967 KM Willams OHIO"

Yes, this post has gone to an extreme but here in this forum and in the private section that only member can access, is a sub-genre, hard-core, 39 collectors' thread on pre-production 9mms (before they were named or stamped MODEL 39 until after SN 2625 appx)

For the past 40 years, at minimum, there have been stories, rumors and tales that got larger every time discussed, of pre-production models with serial numbers under SN 1001 that were gifted to certain important persons in late 1954 and early 1955.

To the average guy who buys a Model 39, as a utilitarian piece of equipment, the fore mentioned has NO interest.

I'm hoping it turns out to be a custom, special order S&W Factory-done model but it cannot be a 1955 issue.

This is basically the entire concern of the member who pointed me to this thread that is more of a conservative and posts very little if any, and, most of the hard-core 39 collectors.

If this letters as SN: 25 shipped in 1967, that does not mean the one you are holding is, in fact, that gun. It would need to be physically examined and x-rayed to verify there were no other obliterated numbers preceding the 25.

Either way, it is a unique piece, but not one of the pre-production missing links.
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