S & W model 17-4 ???????

wideglide

February 01, 2004 10:41

I recently traded for a Smith & Wesson model 17-4 at a gun show. This is a K-FRAME, but it does not have the letter K in the serial #.
Here is the serial # AJD3328. This gun has a 6" barrel, blue, 6-shot.
The Gun Guide only lists a 17, & a 17-2. I was able to look at a plain model 17 at a gun show, and it did have the K on the serial #.
Does anyone know anything about this gun ????
Thanks, Vance.

vj

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  Herschel

  February 01, 2004 12:30

  According to Standard Catalog of S & W the last year the K was used in the sn was 1983. It shows your model 17-4 was produced in 1986.

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  Contender Man

  February 04, 2004 05:10

  S/N change over to 3 letters followed by 4 numerals started in 1980 and was completed in 1983.
  
  Your AJD puts the revolver in the 85-86 time frame. However the 17-4 coupled with the S/N further points to 1986 as changes done under 17-4 stamp were before S/N change over. Yet it is no newer than 1988 when 17-5 came into being.
  
  The style was continued until 1989 when the full underlug was instituted as change 17-6. Last change was 17-9 in 1998 and M-17 was discontinued in Nov. of '99
  
  If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!

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