A friend of mine has 3 S&W revolvers he is curios about how old they are. I told him I knew where the smartest people in the world are when it comes to S&W revolvers .
The first one is a model 30 Ser# 6840XX
the next is a model 31-1 Ser# 1080XX
and the last is a model 18-3 Ser# 3K926XX
It does not have to be to the day just in the year. Thanks so Much .papabyrd
Hey guys. Been a shooter/collector for a while, but am just recently getting into older revolvers. Acquired a model 60 and a 686 a couple of weeks ago and am stressing out trying to date them. Mod 60 R2516xx on grip bottom, and mod 686 ACU99xx. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
There are serial# lists in the book: The Standard Catalog of S&W. Currently the 4th Edition is in print. This is the resource most everyone uses for serial# dates.