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01-16-2021, 08:10 PM
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Found this little jewel today
Lucked up on this model 37 no dash at a local shop. It is missing its original grips, but is in really good condition. I'm thinking it is late 60's with info from SCSW. Serial is 538993. I think it deserves a set of diamond escutcheon grips to restore it to original equipment.
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01-16-2021, 08:18 PM
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Nice find and a square butt too. Wow, I'm jealous.
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01-16-2021, 08:22 PM
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Super nice
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01-16-2021, 08:26 PM
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I'm thinking it is late 60's with info from SCSW. Serial is 538993.
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Yes. 5446xx shipped in July, 1967, so you are in the right ballpark.
The thumbpiece on yours was in use starting sometime in 1966.
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01-16-2021, 08:28 PM
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Outstanding!!!
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01-17-2021, 01:47 PM
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Great find ! I hate you ! No, I don't hate you, but I've set a new peak for the envy scale, lol Get the stocks that you want and enjoy it !
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01-17-2021, 04:06 PM
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Nice "relic," 'hunter.
I watched 537029 sell on the big auction site a few months back. It had number-matching diamond grips.
Most of the nearby Model 37 serial numbers on either side of yours in my database shipped in spring 1968.
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01-17-2021, 04:09 PM
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Nice find. My 36 from '67 says hello. This one didn't come with diamond grips, but they are numbered to the gun.
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01-17-2021, 05:36 PM
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Beautiful revolver I let one slip through my fingers a couple of years ago and still kicking myself.
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01-18-2021, 06:40 PM
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I have one that I bought couple years ago that has a abj prefix sn, cant find out when mfg. I think in the early 80s, it is square butt, one owner, nice. The one that you have there is a jewel.
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01-18-2021, 08:14 PM
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I have one that I bought couple years ago that has a abj prefix sn, cant find out when mfg.
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I have two with ABJ serial prefixes in my database. One shipped in '83, and the other in '86.
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01-18-2021, 08:48 PM
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This one is abj301x.
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