DUA non-threaded

@boxertrio...And all others who may know....I noticed you mentioned a DUA?...when was date of Your purchase?
I just bought a "NEW" Moe and its DUU, and the last mention in this thread with those letters was back in early 2011. Seems like DUU is waaaay outta sequence.

Any explanations or is it possible that s&w still have these in their warehouse?

Probably not, but the distributors are another matter. When they get a shipment, it's highly doubtful they send them to dealers in sequence. And if another shipment comes to a distributor while they still have some on the shelf ... they probably don't bother with "first in; first out."

Same way with dealers that buy in large quantities, like my LGS. They always have a couple of dozen in stock at any one time.

FWIW, out of sequence makes no difference.

Picked up a new 15-22 in IL this week.

Serial #: DZW1

DZN w/threaded barrel, Just got mine today

You should edit this and remove the numbers from the S/N!

Not a good idea to list full S/Ns on line.

BTW, congratulations!

Thanks for the info , it shows on the quote here, maybe you could edit your above response , thanks again

Oooops!!!!

Sorry about that. Thanks for the reminder.

Just bought mine yesterday, DZP

Mine is a DZP also. It was purchased at WM back in April.

Bought mine 10/31/12

DZTxxxx s/n SKU 811033

DZM bought last weekend.

Just got my MOE 15-22 last Thursday on Nov. 1, 2012. I have a DZN.

I'm worried now mines DZT8xx what does that mesn?

Nothing at all. Any design problems (which is why this thread started in the first place) have been solved a couple of years ago.

Serial number means nothing more that it's the serial number. It indicates nothing else.

IMHO, this is a useless thread that needs to be locked and done away with.

DZP non-threaded! Got it 2 Weeks ago!!

Purchased 811034 (MOE) in August 2012.

DZN7

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DZP Talo (pink) Edition purchased November 11th, 2012.

Also have a DUR MOE purchased November 2010

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It's useful in that it helps to document various sell dates, but as you state since the bugs are worked out, it's limited to someone purchasing a used firearm knowing when the various numbers were being sold.

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Calling S&W is far faster and more accurate than dragging through this thread. Besides, manufacturing date is much more important than a purchase date.

Is Smith and Wesson the only place to get the manufacturing date? Is the manufacturing date any of the codes on the box and is there a calculator available on-line?

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As far as I know, the answers are:

Yes
No
No

I guess I'll be giving Smith and Wesson a call tomorrow. I'm not concerned about modifications that were made to the product, just would like to know. My guess with a DZN, it's some time this year.

Thanks.

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The only times date of manufacture would be a concern to me is if I were buying a used firearm more than a couple of years old or a collectable.

Mine is DZWxxxx.. got it 2 weeks ago...

Regards

DZS purchased this weekend.

DZX**** purchased on Black Friday in AZ.

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DVWXXXX MOE in Black , Purchased 11/24/12.

DZX6XXX purchased today. Standard 15-22. Northeast TN

My model starts with DVA? Any info on this serial?

MOE, in FDE (so threaded barrel), purchased 11.24.12

DZV

What kind of info do you expect? It's a current production firearm.

I agree with major about it means nothing,I have been in contact with S&W,there response was "we do not discus or reveal any production numbers" I was curious about how many were made for other reasons,so Ive been using this thread to monitor the serial break number count to guesstimate my own production numbers.

ps mine is dtz and blew out the extractor and spring,call s&w told them i lost it and they sent me a new one, no problems since

DZU6XXX

Picked it up today in Ohio @ one of the Big Box Sports Stores.

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DZY threaded, came in on 12/02 from Davidson's.

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I got a PC model here in the Uk. Serial no. DZT8***

Model 811033

S/N DZU****

This topic needs to die, doesn't help with me bumping this to the top with this particular post!

It should have died long ago, but someone who just wants to see his own post would just start it again.

Bought today #DZV In TN. You think they will ban semi .22 rimfires?

There's already a thread on this subject.

Will the 15-22 fall under an AWB?

Same here. Bought yesterday.

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All right, I tried to read all of these posts, but there are a lot! I stopped just short of finishing pg 3.
I recently bought a used, but very new looking, 15-22. So new as a matter of fact, I thought it was only a few months old. A member at my gun club passed away a few weeks back and his widow was selling some of his guns. She had a lot of help from some very long time friends of her husband and fellow members at the club. I paid $325, it is a "standard" model.
It is a very early DTH series. I can find no colors on any springs, it came with one mag marked "22" and another marked "22-25 rounds." The mags look identical, what was the problem with the old model? The owners manual is dated 062209, no star of any color.
I have somewhere around 550-625 rounds through it and have only had one, maybe two to three failures of any kind.
I had no idea there were so many little "issues" and fixes for said issues. What is it that I should expect? Maybe nothing with several hundred rounds and so few problems.
What do the series of springs fix?
Yikes! I don't even know what else to ask...

Thanks.

Mine is a MOE just received from dealer, serial # DZW####

LL

Got mine on 12/19/12 and it is "DZY"...

got my black one for christmas from the girlfriend it was purchased on 12/18/12 its a "dzm" and the pink platinum i purchased for her on 11/26/12 is a "dzs" we both are very impressed new owners now time to start the customizing!!

DZVxxxx s/n SKU 811033. Purchased 12/18.

well, i've had mine for about a month now, i've been reading all about the serial number, but still don't understand the big deal about it...

anyways, mines a DZP7 with threaded barrel

The big deal is now over with so no more serial numbers need to be updated/posted unless there is another problem with this rifle.