SERIALIZATION / DATE OF MANUFACTURE- When was your gun made?  These tables will help you identify the year of manufacture on many popular models of firearms.

Serialization/ Date of Manufacture from The Blue Book

Information courtesy of The Blue Book of Gun Values by S.P. Fjestad.

From The Blue Book of Gun Values

 

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