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Old 05-02-2016, 10:52 AM
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I have a 15-3 with 2" barrel with serial number 8k31xxx I would like to date-- Any help would be greatly appreciated. ( This was my first post so please be gentle )
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Catalog dates it to 1975
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The 8K numbers were spread out over three years and the Standard Catalog is not quite accurate in this number range. 8K31xxx would have been issued in 1976. Not a big miss, but I thought you would be interested in the slight adjustment.
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