Don't put so much faith in a book. The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson is full of good information but it is not infallible. It contains a lot of minor inaccuracies, especially in the area of specific dates, where it is often off by a year or two in either direction. Re read my post above. I gave you the ship date narrowed down to a 3 month window, and the type of box it would of shipped in. This is not based on a book but what I have seen in the real world on numerous guns with serial numbers nearly identical to yours.

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