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08-11-2017, 08:08 PM
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Looking for year of production
I recently acquired 2 Smith Wesson semi auto target pistols. Just wondering how to find out when they were built. Thanks
Model 52 TCS 16XX
Model 41 113XXX
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08-11-2017, 08:39 PM
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Welcome to the Forum
Your Model 52 was most likely from 1988. If you have the box, the actual date of manufacture is coded on about 99% of the end labels
If there is no A before the Model 41 serial number, it is most likely from 1969 or 1970
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08-11-2017, 09:18 PM
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year of production
91 88 at bottom right of label. Thanks
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08-11-2017, 09:28 PM
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Look for a 4 digit number under the heading "SPEC ORD" on the computer printed end label
99%+ of the time that is the last digit of the year of manufacture. The remaining three digits are the day of manufacture in Julian format
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08-12-2017, 03:16 PM
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production year
So, with 91 88, year would be 1989, and 188th day?
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08-12-2017, 03:58 PM
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So, with 91 88, year would be 1989, and 188th day?
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If the 4 digit number under the heading "SPEC ORD" is 9188, then your Model 52 was manufactured on July 7th of 1989
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11-15-2017, 08:09 AM
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can i get a production year on this number ? TDL 0580
it is a model 52-2 that i am buying in Denmark in europe
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11-15-2017, 10:42 AM
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Here's a listing I found for the Model 41.
Looks like yours was built in 1969 
Nice find!!
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11-15-2017, 06:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RShaw
Here's a listing I found for the Model 41.
Looks like yours was built in 1969
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I think you are wrong.
I know it is a model 52-2 it says so on the side of it
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11-15-2017, 07:31 PM
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the model 41 is a 22lr gun while the 52-2 is a 38 wc gun
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11-15-2017, 09:36 PM
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Quote:
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can i get a production year on this number ? TDL 0580
it is a model 52-2 that i am buying in Denmark in europe
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Welcome to the Forum,
The serial# dates to about 1988 according to the serial# tables in the Standard Catalog of S&W 3rd Edition.
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11-16-2017, 03:41 AM
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Welcome to the Forum,
The serial# dates to about 1988 according to the serial# tables in the Standard Catalog of S&W 3rd Edition.
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Thank you for the information.
Now i can only wait for it to be released to me from the dealer. Waiting for paperwork to come thru, here the paperwork takes at least 2 months.
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