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Old 04-11-2013, 09:04 AM
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I have a smith and wesson serial number ctw87xx i am just curious as i have seen others give numbers and can tell an approximate manufacture date.
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S & W tracks by ship date; a popular gun will ship soon after being produced, while a slow seller may take months to years to leave. Having said that, a CTW prefix gun probably shipped in 2005. Hope this is helpful.
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:33 AM
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well i just bought this model "nib" so are you saying it has been kicking around for 7 years collecting dust?
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update, called smith and manufacture date was feb 16 2013.... guess they dont clean em well lol.
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Ah yes, the danger of thinking S & W makes guns in alphabetical order...CTA was shipped in late 2004, so they waited 8 years to get to CTW.
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I feel better knowing it was a new gun. I purchased it roughly 2 weeks later. The paper wrapping the gun was ripped and the cylinder was pretty dirty.
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My 500 I just got has SN# BCE08xx. What's the born on date for this one. It's been in the previous owners safe for a while now and never fired by him so it basically new.


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I see the test date on the casing included on my 500 is from 5-23-03. So does that mean my 500 was made 10 years ago.


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If that is the box that came with your 500 then yes Brad your gun is 10 years old. But no worries, they will last a long time.
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