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11-26-2016, 11:52 AM
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Please help date my gun
Hi guys,
I finally picked up my first S&W, and all is right with the world. I am now a man. : ) I got a Model 60 used at a local shop, and I was hoping you might help me date it (not take it out for dinner and a movie, but tell me when it was made, just to clarify).
It's a stainless model 60 .38 special with a 3" barrel, 5 shot.
Serial number AEU 7XXX
Thanks!
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11-26-2016, 12:16 PM
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Welcome to the forum.....looks like late 1984, (October perhaps) according to the catalog.
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11-26-2016, 12:17 PM
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If it's a 3" heavy barrel with a square butt, its most likely one of the Jon Jovino guns from the latter part of 1984 to early 1985. We like pics, you know! 
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11-26-2016, 12:19 PM
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Awesome. Thank you. Is there a good way to gauge value? I could try to post some pics later.
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11-26-2016, 12:26 PM
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...all is right with the world. I am now a man. : )
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Welcome! Note that, on this forum of old timers, you have to be at least 60 before you're considered fully matured. 
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11-26-2016, 12:28 PM
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Dang it. I'll be back in 19 years.
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11-26-2016, 12:47 PM
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Mmmmmmm. Gun porn.
Last edited by jacoby75; 11-26-2016 at 02:35 PM.
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11-26-2016, 03:04 PM
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The numbers on the yoke are:
C12
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11-26-2016, 06:25 PM
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Is the first identifier, C12, the model number? I have read elsewhere that the model number would be on the yoke. Is it not actually a 60?
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11-26-2016, 06:44 PM
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The model number will be on the frame itself when the cylinder open. Like this...
By the way, I think it would look a lot better with a set of these on it instead.....
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11-26-2016, 07:04 PM
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Touché. I'm clearly not much for details. There it is. I feel better about that now, thank you.
And I couldn't agree more. Them there wood grips are sexy. I've only had it for a day. So give me a minute to pretty it up.
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11-26-2016, 08:49 PM
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It reached that milestone today!!!
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