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I have a line in a 10-5 with a serial number of C8597XX -
Can anyone provide approximate age?
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05-25-2014, 08:53 AM
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By my book probably 1966. But S&W shipped guns out of serial order all the time and the only way to know a ship year for certain is to drop the $50 for the letter.
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Thanks!
I found a thread with a similar serial number that was dated mid 60s - unfortunately on both counts, wrong decade.
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Found my 1950 birth year gun. A K22 that shipped in June. Same month I was born.
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I have maybe half a dozen guns made in 1955 (my year) but I never went looking for any of them. Just happened to acquire them. The closest S&W I have is a 1950 44 Target Model shipped 4/26/55, exactly one week after my birthday.
A forum member once offered me a 357 that shipped on my birthday (4/19/55) but I hesitated at the asking price. Now I would likely buy it.
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If you want to volunteer your birth year, we can get you the various SN ranges for each frame size...the rest is up to you after that  .
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05-25-2014, 07:35 PM
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If you want to volunteer your birth year, we can get you the various SN ranges for each frame size...the rest is up to you after that . |
Certainly - '59 and I'd be pleased to find one in any of the frame sizes manufactured during that golden era.
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I was born in '52, same year that S&W published the Centennial Catalog. I've been trying to collect the models listed in the catalog, and the closest I've come to an actual "birthday gun" was a .22/32 Kit Gun Transitional that was shipped the day before I was born. Good luck on your search.
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Certainly - '59 and I'd be pleased to find one in any of the frame sizes manufactured during that golden era.
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J frame (approximate) - 180000
K frame (fixed sight, approximate) - C420000, Target K350548 - 386804 (these are reported)
N frame - S194500 - 206999 (reported)
These may be just model numbered or -1s. Others will chime in more specific numbers, I'm sure. Good luck in your search!
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