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Post pictures here including the serial number on the butt of the gun and someone will look up the shipping date. All we really need is the triple alpha serial prefix. With good, well lighted and sharp pictures, we can give you some idea of what it might be worth.
Inherited my grandfathers S&W38special Looks like a K frame 10-5. The number on butt of the grip is in the 360k range. There is also a number under the cylinder 80k but no letter in front of the number. The 80k numbers above have a letter as do the 360k numbers. What am I missing?
For those needing short term access to the Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson, to look up serial number dates or other detailed information of variations, a copy is available for loan online from archive.org's site:
The factory threw out all the shipping records decades ago but they were saved by Roy Jinks. For a modest fee, he will look up your serial number and provide you the shipping date, how it left the factory and to where it was shipped. Once in a while, he can even tell you to whom it was shipped. S&W did not ship in numerical sequence.
The number on the butt may be drilled thru by the factory for installation of a lanyard swivel but is re-stamped on the grip frame, under the left stock. Factory-installed swivels are always 1/10” forward of center. The pre-war serial # on the butt reads with barrel to the right including I frame serial numbers on the fore strap.
Welcome to the forums from the Wiregrass! I believe the serial is S299xxx. It is better to take the serial from the bottom of the butt frame since that is the official serial. However, some S&W revolvers have the serial in the yoke cut, like yours. Your gun was made in 1967.
Orders were filled by the Model, Caliber, Finish, and Barrel length that the customer wanted not by Serial number order. Serial Numbers were recorded at the time the order was sent out. We know that some guns sat in the safe for a considerable period of time before being shipped to a customer. The estimates found in the Standard Catalog of ...
There is a 5-digit serial # in the crane area, and one-digit number before the J on the butt, and the butt serial is a 4-digit number. It has a diamond grip pattern and a pinned barrel. Can anyone help clear up my confusion? I have the printed version of the standard catalog but that still doesn't clarify it
The dates on the top are the patent dates for the revolver. Letters of authenticity are available through the Smith and Wesson Collectors Association for $100. They'll tell you the ship date and where the factory shipped it to (usually a distributor) Here's the link to the order form: Factory Letter – Smith & Wesson Collectors Association
Welcome to the forum. There should be a number in front of the K. The model 67 was introduced in 1972 at around serial number 2K55997. The full serial number is found on the butt of the grip frame. You will have to remove the grips to see it