I cannot find any information in the SCSW in regards to a Model 36 I own with the serial number of 3J171. The 3 in front of the J is what puzzles me. Maybe one of you S&W super sleuths can give me a hand.
Randy
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Model 36 not in SCSW
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I cannot find any information in the SCSW in regards to a Model 36 I own with the serial number of 3J171. The 3 in front of the J is what puzzles me. Maybe one of you S&W super sleuths can give me a hand.
Randy
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Bwilli88
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It is probably made in the mid 70s when S&W was going thru the 1jxxxx to 999jxx serial numbers
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It is just S&W's serial numbering of the period. At the time, when the J range got to a certain number, they started over with a 1 in front of the J and then when that got to a certain number, they put a 2 in front of the J and so forth. I believe they did the same thing with the K serial numbers, but cannot remember without looking in the book.
There's a typo in the J frame serialization on pg 399. 1971-72 should be 1J1 - 999J99.
I've heard it called the roving or floating J series.
I've heard it called the roving or floating J series.
Thanks S&Wchad I recently aquired a 979JXX and I was wondering the same thing I was suprized that it was that old pinned barrel 36-1 3" little holster wear it is a pretty good shooter though I traded a taurus model 94 5" stainless for it. I recently bought a new model 63 for a woods/plinker to replace the taurus 94 the trigger on that thing was a bear in double action.
Jerry in SC
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The floating J confuses a lot of folks, including me until I was schooled
Nothing particularly unusual about it.
Nothing particularly unusual about it.
MaineProbation
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I have a Model 49, purchased in 1974, Serial #391Jxx, if that help puts this numbering system in perspective.
