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I have a Model 5904 above the model 5904 on left side of frame, it says TEH6899. Is that the serial number?? I ask because my gun also has a number in white 85025 on the front of the frame on the right side of the frame. Sure would like to know what those numbers mean.....Thanks..mulehide9
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I have a Model 5904 above the model 5904 on left side of frame, it says TEH6899. Is that the serial number?? I ask because my gun also has a number in white 85025 on the front of the frame on the right side of the frame. Sure would like to know what those numbers mean.....Thanks..mulehide9
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10-03-2008, 06:26 AM
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The TEH number is the serial number. Looking in SCSW (Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson) it would appear your pistol was manufactured in 1990. Hope this helps!!
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10-03-2008, 06:34 AM
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Was this a former LEO gun? Sounds like an inventory number. Some of ours were stamped with inventory numbers for a period of time.
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10-03-2008, 10:53 AM
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Capt.....Whats a Leo Gun?????
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10-03-2008, 06:10 PM
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LEO = law enforcement officer.
If it was issued by a dept it could be an inventory number.
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My 5904 is sn TEW32XX with 86642 in white on the right also.I have always assumed it was some sort of inventory number.
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10-05-2008, 07:18 PM
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My dept issued 9mm S&W autos from 1968 until 2000 which included the 5904 from the early 1990s until we went to Glock 22/23. Many of those S&W autos can be found as LEO trade ins. The state of IL had a requirement that any item of state owned equipment had to have its own state inventory number. Didn't matter if the piece of equipment already had a serial number, it still required a separate state of IL inventory number which was never the same as the serial number. Even our squad cars had to have an inventory number/tag. That meant that our guns had not only a S&W serial number but also a state of IL inventory number stamped somwhere on the frame. The state mandated requirement was later dropped if the equipment had it's own unique serial number.
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FWIW, I have a 4006 which was issued to Mesa, AZ PD. It has the City of Mesa crest imprinted on the RH side of the frame, and has a caution warning, as the magazine disconnect feature is not present. The serial number is in the usual place, and consists of the typical letters and numbers.
I purchased the piece from a Mesa cop; evidently, the Dep't. had decided to go to a different sidearm. imp
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