![]() The estimates found in the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson are as close as possible with the information that we have. We know that some guns sat in the safe for a considerable period of time before being shipped to a customer. Serial Numbers were recorded at the time the order was sent out. ![]() ![]() Orders were filled by the Model, Caliber, Finish, and Barrel length that the customer wanted not by Serial number order. At Smith & Wesson frames were Numbered prior to assembly but were NOT put together in Serial Number order and after it was put together and test fired and placed in a box the chances were that it went to the Safe room to wait with many other guns to fill specific orders. The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson and other books use the information that they have as to when certain models were made and when certain serial numbered guns left the factory and made approximate estimates as to when a certain serial numbered gun was made. Roy Jinks S&W Historian can look up the ship dates and can send a $50 letter on the information that he can find from factory shipping records. S&W only knows when it was shipped out the door by looking it up in the old record books or now computer records. With Smith & Wesson Revolvers there is not a direct link between the day a certain revolver was put together and the day it was shipped out the door.
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