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Have a Highway Patrolman 6"blued with a 5 digit number where the Mdl. 28 would normally be. any experts know the age or DOB
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The serial number on the bottom of the grip frame can be cross referenced with the known ship dates in the Standard Catalogue of S&W book to get you close. A factory letter is the only way to be positive as they didn’t always ship in order.
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That five digit number isn’t the serial number.
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another letter/number combo is S1103xx
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“April, 1954, Highway Patrolman introduced, Ser.# S103500 ,8,427 produced in 1954,
Sometime,late 1956 to 1957 the upper sideplate screw deleted at approx. Ser.# S171584 (earlier 4 screw N frames have been noted,but this is generally conceded to be the dividing line.)”
Looks like a first year or 1954 .
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S Serial Prefix: N Frames Postwar
1954-1955 S103000 - S139999
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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thanks to all who responded..
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My S prefix clearly shows more workmanship than the N prefix I have. They are both high quality N frames.mb
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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