I am hopeful that with the serial number someone can narrow that range down a little for me. Can anyone help me in determining the age If I undertstand what I read in previous posts correctly, this model was produced from late 70's to late 80's. Whatever date it is, It is pretty and it is a shooter. I recently inherited a S&W model 10-8 4', nickle finish. My gun has ".38 S&W Special Cartridge" stamped on the barrel without any mention of +P. Mine has the 4" tapered barrel so I presume it's an earlier model? It appears that this gun is still available, but as you say, with the heavy barrel. The 64-1 (circa 1973), and I believe later models as well, swithced to the 4" heavy barrel. Since the 64 started being produced in 1970, perhaps they used the D prefix the first couple of years? The original 64 had a tapered 4" barrel. It has a 1D prefix and your number would fall in the following date/serial number range: 1979-80 - 1D45001-1D99999. The serial of a model 10 will have AT LEAST one letter in it, and will almost certainly be 7 characters total. The model 64, 65 serial numbers don't start until 1976-77. If it is a newer gun, the serial might be elsewhere on the gun as well. Just so happen to like S&W handguns and own a few.ĭ524xxx falls in to the following date/serial number range: 1973-74 - D510001-D659901, but it also shows those serial numbers as belonging to models 10, 12, 13, 14, 45. Lodge2004 wrote: The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, Second Edition, is not as clear to me on that model/serial number. Model: Model 10 Military & Police Serial Number: BNB53XX Year of Manufacture: Early 1990s Caliber.
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