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03-28-2020, 06:36 PM
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M&P 38Spec Target date
Need date on M&P Target 38special. 6404xx. ;
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03-28-2020, 06:42 PM
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A little more info AND PHOTOS would be very helpful. There is a fair chance it dates to shortly before WWII.
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s/n 6408xx (a target model) shipped 2/32.
Another target model s/n 6427xx shipped 5/33.
I guessing yours shipped in 1932 but it is possible in shipped in 1931.
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That SN would date its shipment from 1932 to perhaps as late as 1939. Getting an exact shipping date for a Depression-era S&W gun is not possible unless you want to part with $100 for a historical letter. That is because many guns sat on a S&W inventory shelf, sometimes for years, before shipment. But it is likely yours was manufactured in 1931-32. It seems that the target model M&Ps probably left the factory shelf more quickly than the much more numerous ordinary models, but you can't bet on an early shipment.
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03-28-2020, 09:09 PM
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I haven't been keeping track of these, but this is almost certainly as close as I've come to one of these since forever.
#640816 went out the door February 8, 1932.
Do I get some sort of prize for this----a cookie maybe?
Ralph Tremaine
And yes, this too is a target.
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03-28-2020, 09:54 PM
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SN 642784, also a .38 M&P Target, shipped in May 1933...
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Where are the pics?? You have enough posts logged to know we need photos!!
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