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I have a 32-1 in 38SW snub nose serial#91605 has a flat latch and pinned, can anyone date this gun for me?
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11-16-2021, 03:31 PM
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I have a 32-1 in 38SW snub nose serial#91605 has a flat latch and pinned, can anyone date this gun for me?
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118*** RP was shipped in Aug 1968
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Hopefully these charts from the SCSW, 3rd edition, will help you. Was there a letter prefix in the serial number. This model should have diamond stocks with a flat latch. This model was discontinued before S&W quit pinning barrels. I gave one of these to my granddaughter. Buffalo Bore makes a potent .38 S&W self defense load.
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Nice looking old S&W Terrier.
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No letter before serial number and the grips thru me off for the flat latch.
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As the chart above shows, the flat latch lasted until 1966. The R prefix started in 1969. So there is the gap related to the flat thumbpiece and the non-prefix serial number.
The H prefix chart is a mistake. That was only used on the .32 caliber guns. R was used for the Terrier, the .38 RP and a couple stainless revolvers.
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