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Old 09-09-2017, 04:24 PM
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need some help dating a model 37 no dash
S/N 3J5779 a friend just bought it and would like to know the age of his new gun.
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'71 or '72 -- the two years of the floating J, according to the SCSW.
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One of the dreaded (and confusing) serial numbers from the 1971-'72 era, with the "floating" J and five digits.
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