Manufacture Date of my 686

[JSKQ31]

I have just purchased a 686 (no dash) but have not been able to find out much info on it. I am in Australia so it's not easy to call S&W USA to ask for the details and my email didn't get answered when I requested so help to find out the manufacture date.

Looking to find out what year it was made as I need to buy some spares. I know what I bought is an earlier model so want to make sure I get the year correct as some parts are being identified online as year specific with some changes made to the model (happy to be corrected if this is incorrect).

S/N is AAF57XX

Is there a place online you can go that list the S/N to a year to work out when it was manufactured.

Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[Sevens]

My guess is summer 1982 for AAF-prefix Model 686.

S&W typically answers e-mails in 2-3 business days.

 

[schutz5]

The AAF prefix discloses that it was made very close to the year that model was first manufactured .

 

[L-2]

My "book" also says 1982:

1982 – AAD, AAF, AAK, ABK, ABL

Supica, Jim; Nahas, Richard. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson (Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson) (p. 491). Gun Digest Media. Kindle Edition.

 

[JSKQ31]

Thank you all for the reply, that helps helps.

I am missing a side plate screw (centre) so want to make sure I get the correct one (or set of 3) to replace them as well as a few other items.

Cheers again for the help.