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S&W Model 15 - Serial Range for USAF
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I did a search and didn't seem to get a solid hit - are there known serial ranges for M15's that might have seen usaf service?
Are they marked as such as well?
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They are scattered all over the 15-1 to -3 SN range. Most were stamped "U.S.A.F." on the left lower frame above the trigger but I have seen some that just had "U.S." There are Forum members who are true experts in the field of U.S. military revolvers who may have more information.
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I was the NCOIC of Arms and Equipment in the 70's. All I ever encountered and in my Armory were stamped U.S.A.F, even the snub nose version.
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Thanks for your service! Here is a photo of one that lettered as a U.S.A.F. gun. (Can you tell my day job is not in I.T.?  )
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All had target triggers and hammers, that was the norm.
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Great Caesar's Ghost, Bill!
Your picture of the USAF 15-2, serial number K558758, has non-relieved target stocks. Beautiful, although clearly not original to that revolver.
Every Model 15 ever issued to me in my two years in SE Asia had Magna stocks. I don't recall inspecting the frame on every one of them so that I can say whether they had U.S. or U.S.A.F. on them. That wasn't exactly a major concern of mine at the time!
I'm sure it was one or the other . . .
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My Dad carried this 15-2 in Vietnam as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. Ser. K575824. My favorite revolver.
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My Dad carried this 15-2 in Vietnam. ser. K575824 My favorite revolver.
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Interesting! It is USAF marked. How did he manage to keep it? We had to turn them in after each mission or sorty - unless we were going right back out. When we left the country, one item on our checklist was an acknowledgement that all USAF property had been returned ( including any issued firearms).
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Thanks for all the images and info so far !
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My Dad was allowed to bring his revolver back,which he did.He was a doctor so possibly that made a difference? There was a holster that got lost in the years we travelled around, being transferred here and there.The first 16 years of my life were mostly moving every 6 months. Such was the life of an A.F. brat..
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Great Caesar's Ghost, Bill!
Your picture of the USAF 15-2, serial number K558758, has non-relieved target stocks. Beautiful, although clearly not original to that revolver.
Every Model 15 ever issued to me in my two years in SE Asia had Magna stocks. I don't recall inspecting the frame on every one of them so that I can say whether they had U.S. or U.S.A.F. on them. That wasn't exactly a major concern of mine at the time!
I'm sure it was one or the other . . . |
You're right, the stocks are not original, but I had them and like the looks of them on the gun. I do have the correct stocks for both the 15-1 and the 15-2.
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