Hello,
I posted in the serial # thread but got not replies...perhaps that was the wrong place or? Anyhow, here is my post.
Well I have a question regarding the last of the N serial #'s. I recently turned a friend that is newer to firearms onto the beauty of 4" N frames. I dabble with .357 and .44, but the grand old .45 colt has no equal in my world. After shooting several of mine on multiple occasions, the hunt was on. I explained the variations and improvements along the way.
I am a huge fan of the 25-9 and consider it the bomb, and I have educated my friend on the oversized chambers, etc. So MY baseline is a 25-5 non-pinned. After getting out my main workhorse 25-5 that is non-pinned, I noticed the serial is N 939xxx. Looking at my first edition catalog, it says 1983 ended in the 932xxx range and then 3 letter prefix which is correct on my 25-7 and 25-9 stable. So trying to date this vintage for my friend put me on a quest to find out the ship date. Does anyone know if the newer 4th edition shows a higher range for N serial prefixes?
Thanks for any insight, Ispy12.
I posted in the serial # thread but got not replies...perhaps that was the wrong place or? Anyhow, here is my post.
Well I have a question regarding the last of the N serial #'s. I recently turned a friend that is newer to firearms onto the beauty of 4" N frames. I dabble with .357 and .44, but the grand old .45 colt has no equal in my world. After shooting several of mine on multiple occasions, the hunt was on. I explained the variations and improvements along the way.
I am a huge fan of the 25-9 and consider it the bomb, and I have educated my friend on the oversized chambers, etc. So MY baseline is a 25-5 non-pinned. After getting out my main workhorse 25-5 that is non-pinned, I noticed the serial is N 939xxx. Looking at my first edition catalog, it says 1983 ended in the 932xxx range and then 3 letter prefix which is correct on my 25-7 and 25-9 stable. So trying to date this vintage for my friend put me on a quest to find out the ship date. Does anyone know if the newer 4th edition shows a higher range for N serial prefixes?
Thanks for any insight, Ispy12.
