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Umm . . . am I missing something here? What is Cabela's role in all this!!?? Just return the gun to them - with all your accumulated info - get your refund and let them worry about their reputation for selling a stolen firearm.

Ditto to all the above replies! I carried one "on the job" (MPDC) for 25 years.

John - - - Thanx very much for your very concise (and common sense) reply. While I hope to hear back from Smith, in the meantime I accept your reply as the gold standard. Sometimes the simplest answer is, in fact, the correct one. :o As many (both on this site and elsewhere) have posted...

As suggested, I'm sending a rqst for a ltr to S&W. MEANTIME -- fresh information rc'vd from "other" sources" have suggested that the unique "TBD" is an agency s/n of the contracting agency (ala: the Cal Hwy Ptrl 'CHP' s/n gunsl) --AND/OR-- that it represents an interim "transition" model...

s/n on 469 Thanx for its year of birth :o Actually it's the significance of the TBD letter prefix. Most all pics I've seen on-line are of guns with "beginning of the alphabet" serial numbers - and I'm in the dark as to what the TBD signifies????

Purchased a used 469 around first of March. While in 10-day purgatory at my FFL, the virus lock-down began :( and while I haven't shot it yet, I've been able to strip, clean, and lubricate it and do some research on it on this site (and others).  Most all of the pics of the gun I've seen have...

[orig posted to an inactive thread - re-posted here for help] Hi to all - - - Newbie to site but familiar with S&W's - I carried them my entire career. BACKSTORY: Purchased a used 469 - while the gun was at my FFL in 10-day purgatory the virus lock-down began and while I haven't yet shot it...

Hi to all - - - Newbie to this site but familiar with S&W's - I carried them during my entire career. BACKSTORY: Purchased a used 469 at first of the year. While the gun was at my FFL in 10-day purgatory the virus lock-down began and altho I haven't yet shot it, I've been able to strip...