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A knowledgeable member of this forum had the following comments on this gun.
"What's also interesting is even though your gun has a date code of September 28, 1998, which jives with a -5, S&W didn't introduce that style of box until 2005. My guess: the gun went back to the factory for some reason. It was repackaged (maybe the original box got lost or damaged), put in a new box with a new label, and the wrong Product Code was selected when the label was printed.I think the proper Product Code should of been 103408. I saw another one just like yours with a s/n of RSR92xx. That gun had a January 27, 1998 ship date, and was in the old style blue plastic box that was correct for that era."
I called S&W to verify the information that was coming in from Forum Members. According to S&W, the serial number of this gun related to Product Code 103408 and correctly types the gun as a 629-5 Trail Boss RSR Special. The Product Code that was printed on the replacement box was incorrect. There was no record of any service being done on the gun and he had no explanation of why it had an updated box. It might have been held back from the original order and shipped years later as S&W was doing their vault cleaning...but that is purely my conjecture. I do note that another one is for sale on this forum as well.
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Pete T.
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