Model 681, need help....

[TB2209]

Hi gang, I hunt and have rifles and shotguns, but I also have a S&W .357 Magnum 681 that my father had owned. How do I find out the year it was made? Top part is stamped MOD 681 and lower says (it's either an O or a G) G18 and stamped under it is ###X# (three numbers, an X, another number). Any input would be great, thanks!!! TB

 

[sodacan]

Post the serial number on the butt.

 

[S&W Fan]

Outside of the model number those others are just assembly numbers. As sodacan said the serial on the bottom of the butt will tell. Great revolvers.

 

[Gunhohulk]

Serial # should be 3 letters and 4 digits on the butt as mentioned above. Photos always help but I’m not good at posting them myself.

I got my 681 from the CAI imports that went to the sportsman’s warehouse’s a couple years ago and was a cosmetic wreck. A good cleaning and polishing along with a spring kit and it might be my most accurate revolver I own. It shoots clover leafs at 25 yards. It would take an obscene amount of money to get it away from me.