DOB Help Model 36

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I have a Model 36 3" blue # 5606xx with factory stocks numbered to the gun. I know it was made in the 1960's. Can anyone give me an exact year? Thanks.
 
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The SCSW has...
1962.......295000 and then
1969.......786544
Your's number wise is about in the middle so I'd guess 1965/66 but a guess is all it is.
Is it a M36 no dash?
 
Page 399, SCSW, 3rd. ed., shows it like this:

1962 295000

1969 786544

Hope this helps.
teesur.
 
Does your 36 have diamond stocks and a standard cylinder latch? Diamond stocks were phased out about 1968, I believe and the standard latch replaced the flat latch in 1966. I have a 3in 36 round butt in the 508xxx range that is just about NIB. Mine has a standard latch and diamond stocks numbered to the gun. From information I have found on this forum, I believe mine was probably shipped about 1967. I haven't bothered with a factory letter.
 
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My Model 36 has a standard cylinder latch. The stocks do not have a diamond insert. The stocks are numbered to the gun. I'm inclined to accept John Wyatt's info that my gun was shipped in 1968 or 1969. Thanks, John.
 
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