Gentleman could anyone tell me how many 28-2's were made in 1969,1970,1971 I have recently purchased N457** and I am trying to figure out when it was manufactured.
I don't know how many were made, but the serial number range for 1969 to 1972 includes about 103,450 numbers. That's for all N-frames. Members of this forum, who know far more than I, have stated their belief that the s/n's in this era were not assigned consecutively as a rule. Therefore, attempting to extrapolate s/n's to years, or months, is point less. For example, a N123XX might of shipped after a N321XX.
I have a 28-2 6in N1110xx that I bought new at the end of '72 but according to the numbers on the Ultimate Highway Patrolman thread, it hadn't been made until '73. I may get it lettered someday to find out. I've probably put close to 100,000 rounds through it in 40+ years that I've owned it and it is just a pleasure to shoot.
As was just noted, the serial numbers do bounce around a bit but they are generally in the ball park of the dates in the thread linked to above.
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