Model 60 no dash blue box label question I'm lost. Help!

[AC Man]

I wish I could post pics but here is the question.. The blue box label is normal except at the very bottom where it just says Smith & Wesson. To the left it says page 993 to the right says PS16534. The gun is unfired still in factory grease. Google didn't help. Thanks

 

[Lonestar57]

The left number sounds like an FFL holder wrote in the page number of his firearm acquisition/ disposition logbook for this gun. Maybe the right-side number is some sort of stock inventory numbering by someone. It's fairly common for people to write, stamp, or put printed stickers on gun box labels. I know I've seen my share of them. Take care.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

To the left it says page 993 to the right says PS16534.

Please define "it says".

Are the entries typed on a sticker, written in ink or grease pencil, or something else?

Like Lonestar57, I've seen lots of "stuff" stuck on and written on labels, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't done at the factory.

Not surprised Google didn't help. Even a good search engine couldn't.

 

[AC Man]

The entire white label is hand written in blue ink. The info I am asking about looks like the same person wrote it, if not same time. Gun is serial R268977. Dates to about 1970. Thanks!

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Gun is serial R268977. Dates to about 1970. Thanks!

A bit off on the date.

Others in the database near that one shipped in early 1981.

 

[AC Man]

According to Smith & Wesson Catalog model 60 no dash with R pre fix introduced 1969 discontinued in 1972 with the new model 60-1. Am I missing something? Mine is a pinned Model 60 no dash.

 

[JP@AK]

The Model 60 was introduced in 1965. The R prefix started in 1969. By 1970, the R sequence was only up to R30,000. By the time the sequence reaches R268,000, you are clear up to 1980.

The Model 60 (without a dash number) lasted until 1988, when it was replaced with the Model 60-3.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

According to Smith & Wesson Catalog model 60 no dash with R pre fix introduced 1969 discontinued in 1972 with the new model 60-1. Am I missing something? Mine is a pinned Model 60 no dash.

Yes, you are missing several key ingredients.

The Model 60-1 in 1972 was a 3" Heavy Barrel with a square butt. A few were assembled and shipped as experimental models in 1972. In 1978 the company assembled and shipped 169 on June 12, 1978.

Again in 1985 the company--under new owners--produced about 5,000 Model 60-1s as the 2" Chiefs Special Target model for Ashland Shooting Supplies Company in Ashland, Ohio.

All along the Model 60 continued as the 2" round butt (see JP@AK's post for further details).