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S&W Revolvers: 1980 to the Present All NON-PINNED Barrels, the L-Frames, and the New Era Revolvers


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Old 09-24-2017, 02:14 PM
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I just purchased a s&w 65-3
serial # aua1601
any idea of the date of manufacture
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The easy part is it means the gun is 1980 or later as that is when S&W began using the three-letter prefixes. The bad news is they were used out of sequence quite a bit.

Possible 1986-1988. Edition 4 of the SCS&W might have better info than my 3rd Edition.
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... a s&w 65-3 serial # aua1601...
Your Military & Police Magnum would of most likely shipped in....

April - June 1986.

The vast majority of Smith revolvers in this era shipped in an alphabetical manner in well defined and consistent time frames based on their three-letter s/n prefix.
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