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09-14-2017, 04:01 PM
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Age of Gun
I am looking for the age of this gun
Serial number: 78J285
In the yoke: MOD .37
On the barrel: Airweight 38 SPL CTG
I would take any other information that anyone could provide
Thank you in advance
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09-14-2017, 05:37 PM
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It is from the "floating J" period, 1971-72. I don't know at what number the year crossover point was reached, so it comes from one of those two years.
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09-15-2017, 06:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JP@AK
It is from the "floating J" period, 1971-72. I don't know at what number the year crossover point was reached, so it comes from one of those two years.
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I've never looked at enough ship dates to tell when the crossover took place between 1971 and 1972, so . . . I made a few assumptions, did the math and came up with 56J.
See my rationale in post #9 in this thread:
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09-15-2017, 07:50 PM
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Just to remind you this is Smith&Wesson we are talking about I had a Chiefs Special s/n 963J22 that I thought was a 1972. It shipped in March 1974.
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09-15-2017, 08:44 PM
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I had a Chiefs Special s/n 963J22 that I thought was a 1972. It shipped in March 1974.
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Sure. The floating J numbers were issued in '71-'72. As with all S&W revolvers, they might ship later than the year in which they were made.
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