Identify model 36

[bsnub]

Just picked this up at a gun show I don't think it's the correct box but it's a model 36 no dash I believe it's nickel plated it's a square frame by the yoke it says mod 36 34147 by the grip says N g16 and on the bottom of the grip frame 67j199 please let me know any info you might know thanks

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[JP@AK]

Not the original box for that gun. The serial number you reported from the butt points to 1971 or 1972. The gun that came in that box had a round butt and left the factory in 1981.

The revolver itself is very sweet!

 

[bsnub]

Thank you for the info. I really need a model 60 no dash stainless


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[murphydog]

You shouldn't have any problem with trading this one for a model 60. Hold out for a nice one .

 

[Targets Guy]

You've got a "floating J" serial number. Mine is from 1972 with s/n 963J22. At least that is what S&W customer service told me.

 

[bsnub]

Targets guy what do you mean by a floating j?


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[JP@AK]

Targets guy what do you mean by a floating j?

In 1971, S&W got weird on us.

In 1969, they terminated the original serial sequence for the J frame guns and started the J prefix series. Near the end of 1970, those numbers reached J99999. In 1971, they started to "float" the J down the line. So, they started with 1J1 and went up to 1J9999, then 2J1 up to 2J9999, then 3J1 and so on. The J "floated" and there were never more than 5 numeric digits in addition to the J.

In 1973, they quit this nonsense and went back to the J at the beginning, followed by six digits. When they hit J999999 in 1982, they put a 1 in front of the J again, but this time there were five digits following the J, for a total of six. So, the 1971-72 numbers are referred to as "floating J" serial numbers.

Note that the 1982-83 numbers are not called floating J numbers because the J was stable and there were six digits total, not five. After 1983, J frame guns got the three-alpha serials like all the other models.

 

[swkohnle08]

These Model 36 snubbies are sweet shooting and great to conceal carry. Here's mine from 71 with the "floating" J.

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