S&W Revolver Date of Manufacture

CS8161

October 03, 2003 19:24

I need to order a hammer nose from Brownells and I am not sure if my revolver is pre-88 or post-1988 manufacture. It is a model 66-2. The serial number is ACNXXXX. Can anyone tell me the year of manufacture?
Thanks very much

Chris8161
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  ATF

  October 03, 2003 20:34

  66-3 was first made in 1986 so your 66-2 would be pre 1988.
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  ATF

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  Wheelgun

  October 04, 2003 04:25

  The "-2" change signified the beginning of the non pinned and recessed Model 66. 66-2's were built from '82-'86 Your S/N indicates approximately a mid 1983 production date....
  
  Mark
  
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  CS8161

  October 04, 2003 06:44

  Thanks for the info ATF and WHEELGUNS, much apprciated!
  
  Chris8161
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  Wheelgun

  October 04, 2003 15:42

  quote:Originally posted by SaxonPig
  ATF- The three letter prefix on the serial started in 1982. Any gun with a ABC or BAC or similar serial cannot have been made prior to 1982.
  
  Actually, that type of serial prefix began in 1980 on the 'L' frame (Models 586/686), and in 1983 on other S&W models.
  
  Mark
  
  Wheelguns is REALGUNS! [;)]

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  jkks

  October 04, 2003 17:04

  This is getting confusing My model 66-2 has a serial # 184k###
  No letter prifix in front of serial # [xx(]

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  ATF

  October 04, 2003 17:50

  jkks,your gun was made in 1982.At least that's what the Standard Catalog of S&W Second Edition says on page 294.
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  ATF

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  ATF

  October 04, 2003 17:54

  Saxon,Please read my post again you'll see I said pre 1988 nothing about 1982?
  
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  ATF

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  Wheelgun

  October 05, 2003 06:45

  quote:Originally posted by jkks
  This is getting confusing My model 66-2 has a serial # 184k###
  
  
  jkks,
  
  As ATF says, your gun appears to be from 1982, and is among the last of the K frames to have the letter 'K' as part of the serial prefix.
  
  To clarify things (or further confuse the issue[xx(]), S&W began using the letter 'K' prefix (on K frame guns) in 1946 beginning with S/N K101. After nearly a million had been built, in 1970 the prefix became 1K, then 2K, etc., and continued like that up to prefix 311K in 1983 when all S&W's were numbered with the 3 letter/4 digit type of serial numbers.....
  
  The L frame guns (586/686) have always used the new numbering system from their beginning in 1980.
  
  Clear as mud, huh? [:0][:D]
  
  Mark
  
  Wheelguns is REALGUNS! [;)]

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