Mod 15-3 Info

[cheslerfive]

Went on my weekly rounds and found a new item in the case at one of the local shops. It is a 15-3
SN 5K69xx with a non-blue(Park?) finish 4inch barrel.Has a lot of holster wear,tight lock up,a carried a lot, shot a little kind of thing.
On the left side is the marking:
USERDA
PANTEX
Does not look like a importer mark , Anyone recognize it?
Thanks for any help anyone can give me.

Anyone able to give a DOB-thanks

 

[cheslerfive]

Went on my weekly rounds and found a new item in the case at one of the local shops. It is a 15-3
SN 5K69xx with a non-blue(Park?) finish 4inch barrel.Has a lot of holster wear,tight lock up,a carried a lot, shot a little kind of thing.
On the left side is the marking:
USERDA
PANTEX
Does not look like a importer mark , Anyone recognize it?
Thanks for any help anyone can give me.

Anyone able to give a DOB-thanks

 

[Wayne Dobbs]

PANTEX is (was?) the huge nuclear weapons maintenance and storage location in the Texas Panhandle. I would guess that 15-3 was one of the security force's guns.

 

[pred]

Did you buy it?
If not, mail me if you're not interested. If you did buy it,,, WHERE IS THE PICTURE???
Peter.

 

[cheslerfive]

Yes I brought it home.I didn't want to risk someone else beating me to it. With a little discount it was 249.50 OTD. No pictures, I haven't even had a chance to clean it yet.

 

[Randy0356]

Your model 15-3 was mfg. in 1973