Smith & Wesson 657 Mountain Revolver

[TexasRaider]

Hey all,
I did some reading on the forum about the older S&W Mountain guns, and IIRC it said the first .44 Mag Mountain Guns were released in the late 1980's, with another run coming in about 1997 or so.

I also read a run of .41 Magnum Mountain Guns were done about the same time, around 1998, I think.

My questions are these:

• Was the only run of 657 .41 Magnum Mountain Guns done in that 1998 or so run?

• Were there any .41 Mag Mountain Guns made before 1998 with the older style hammer-mounted firing pin?

• Were all 1998 or so 657 .41 Mag Mountain Guns made with the hammer mounted on the frame?

Thanks, guys!

 

[barbsaurus]

1998

No box but with CCW prefix, it fits into your 1998 category.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I believe all were made in 1998 and the frame mounted firing pin was standard by then. I have owned one for well over twenty years.

 

[4BODIDDLEY]

I have one also. It too has the CCW prefix

 

[SAFireman]

The only 41 mags that I have seen have all had a frame mounted firing pin.

 

[ko41]

The info I had said 1999 Stocking Dealer Exclusive, so they were likely made in 1998. No box but CCY prefix on my example.

KO

 

[ColbyBruce]

I have the original box for mine.

 

[pbramlett]

i have one. but no box for mine either. never shot it. in fact. i don’t think i even have any .41

 

[10mmauto]

Here is mine. Also no box. CCYXXXX.

 

[TexasRaider]

Beautiful wheelgun! A shame about the frame mounted firing pin.
I never could get past Smith doing that, or the frame lock.
Still, love the tapered barrel!

 

[series guy]

Look down the sights, pull the trigger, smile. Doesn’t matter where the firing pin is.

 

[colt_saa]

My Model 657 Mountain Gun is from the same batch started in 1998. Mine has a CCYxxxx prefix

As you can see I did replace the factory supplied grips with an older pair of factory combats

 

[plowboysghost]

(Late to the thread)
I have a newly acquired 657-4 Mountain Gun with a serial of CEC XXXX. S&W Customer Service gave me a ship date of July 2000. I'd like to know manufacture year, though.

 

[jrc1]

No box ccu pre fix

 

[colt_saa]

(Late to the thread)
I have a newly acquired 657-4 Mountain Gun with a serial of CEC XXXX. S&W Customer Service gave me a ship date of July 2000. I'd like to know manufacture year, though.

Your Revolver was manufactured in 2000

In the early days when information was written by hand and stored in file cabinets the Factory used the Shipping Date interchangeably as the Date of Manufacture

The Data Age changed that

The actual Date of Manufacture is currently the information stored in the Customer Service data system for firearms built after Smith & Wesson computerized in the mid 1980s

The DOM has actually been on the Computer printed labels (98+% of the time) since the change

Getting the shipping date on post 1980s firearm requires a Historical Letter these days