Please help date 66-2 K frame

[Whit30]

Hello,
I have looked but cannot find and would appreciate if someone can help me date a Stainless 66-2 K frame.
SN AUY8724
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

[jjfitch]

If you don't get an answer pretty quick I'll be able to check a little later!

Smiles,

 

[ken158]

Appears to be a 1986-87 serial number

 

[Hair Trigger]

Well, the M66-2 was made from 1982 into 1986. When looking through the three letter prefixes in those years, I don't see "AUY" at all; I do see "AUU" in 1986, and "AUV" in 1987. The three letter codes generally run from A-Z (AAA, AAB, AAC..... AUV, AUW, AUX, AUY,... etc.), but not always and there are many out of sequence pairings. I even found an "ASR" in 2004, when almost all of the codes in that year start with "C". There are many of those 3-letter possibilities I haven't seen listed, but since people have guns with them, they must exist. My guess would be sometime in 1986, but that's a SWAG.

How is yours equipped? (barrel length, round or square butt, etc.) Let's see some pictures.

 

[snw19_357]

All of the AUY Model 66-2's I have come across (with boxes) had a Spec Ord number of 629x, which would put it in (late) Oct, 1986.
They are also all square butt (4" or 6") frames. Fit yours, Whit30?

 

[jtcarm]

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