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S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 All 5-Screw & Vintage 4-Screw SWING-OUT Cylinder REVOLVERS, and the 35 Autos and 32 Autos


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My SCSW4 says 1953......Ben
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Per the SWCA Database

K181440 Shipped May 1953 ( A K-22) and K181482 (a K-38 consecutive to yours) shipped March 1953
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For those K series guns, Roy Jinks History of Smith & Wesson page 190 states "the following table identifies the post war K-frame serial numbers and the year they were manufactured." There seems to be some controversy over whether this was manufacture dates or ship dates, but is is clear that the author (Roy) said the list was manufacture dates.

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The word in the upper left corner of the list above even chopped off says MANUFACTURED. As with all S&W's, manufacture dates and shipping dates can vary by even years. To me, the date built is more significant than the date sent out to the customer however, shipping dates are mostly what we have to go by.
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The chart is from the book and the quote was just above the chart. One thing you can count on is that the serial numbers were always in chronological order, but not the case with ship dates.
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The chart is from the book and the quote was just above the chart. One thing you can count on is that the serial numbers were always in chronological order, but not the case with ship dates.
What about when the factory skips a block of numbers?
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Many times they don't skip a serial number block but use if for another model. For instance the .22/32 HFT's shared numbers with the .32 caliber guns.

The first .22/32's were 138226 to 139275. The next group was in the 160,XXX range. The 140,XXX and 150,XXX blocks were most likely .32 caliber guns.

I have heard that some of S&W's serial number block sharing was done to keep the competition guessing exactly how many guns they were selling. Who knows???
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