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Posted: 3/10/2009 8:11:20 PM
Originally Posted By Growler67:
SiG date codes are stamped 2 letter codes. Underside of the slide at the muzzle end next to the proof marks. Here is my P228, it was made in 1997. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/tyggrr65/Arms/DSC00602.jpg The letters decode as follows: A = 0 B = 1 C = 2 D = 3 E = 4 F = 5 G = 6 H = 7 J = 8 K = 9 If yours does not have it stamped as shown, SiG customer service can tell you over the phone by doing a serial number/batch search of their data archive. In addition to the previously posted method, you can try looking on the inside of the grip panels for a date stamp. It'll look like a clock of sorts. 
SiGArms chargers $12.95 for a date investigation. You can get a more detailed history for a slightly higher fee, providing there is a history beyond just manufacture (LE Department sale, factory services completed, CPO etc.). |
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Blue_Genes
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Posted: 3/17/2009 12:37:26 PM
Ok i'm confused. I just bought a new 229 and it has an AM prefix to the serial.
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Posted: 3/17/2009 9:47:14 PM
JK=1989 for my 228.
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Posted: 3/18/2009 12:12:22 AM
Originally Posted By Blue_Genes:
Ok i'm confused. I just bought a new 229 and it has an AM prefix to the serial. You are confused because SiG doesn't incorporate the Date Code in the Serial Number. If it was assembled in Exeter, then you may end up having to pay SiG $12.95 for a manufacture Certificate to show when it was made. If it came with a plastic case, the manufacture date will be on one of the stickers on the side. SiG no longer uses the "Roll Stamp" two letter Date Code (though they really should). When they did, the two letters would be stamped on the frame just above the trigger guard on the right side of the frame for P230/P232's. For the classic "P" series they were mostly on the "chin" of the slide. Front end, directly opposite from the front sight (yes, underside).  |
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Posted: 3/19/2009 9:55:59 AM
Ah thanks for that! Mine was made in Germany (so it says on the frame) with a manufacture date of 8 Aug 08.
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Posted: 3/21/2009 3:41:28 AM
Originally Posted By Blue_Genes:
Ah thanks for that! Mine was made in Germany (so it says on the frame) with a manufacture date of 8 Aug 08. It probably says' "frame made in Germany" , the gun was assembled in the USA. |
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Posted: 6/15/2009 1:22:40 PM
My 229 was bought back in 1997 or so but I can't find any markings like you all are talking about. Does this mean I have bin carrying a fake SIG all these years?
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Posted: 6/15/2009 5:48:45 PM
I just off the phone with about my P226 mine is in mint condition and the date it was made is 1987 and stamped "MADE IN W GERMANY" got to love it. Ed
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Posted: 6/18/2009 9:47:14 PM
cool, looks like my P226 was made in 1981.
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Posted: 6/20/2009 5:14:05 PM
my sig p220 in 9mm is made in 1976, the second year they were ever produced
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Posted: 6/24/2009 12:22:05 AM
To the OP, my 220 was ordered new from Simmons Gun Specialties in 1996 and my serial # starts with G 263. Not as much help as the other posts but perhaps it can ballpark it for you, granted ship date from a distributor likely doesn't mean much.
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Posted: 6/30/2009 10:48:14 PM
MAR 20 09 for my P239 DAK |
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Posted: 8/28/2009 2:56:37 PM
[Last Edit: 8/28/2009 2:59:40 PM by AR-Builder-Upper]
Mine was made in June of 2001 according to the grip panels. I have no stampings to go by. It says Made in Germany, not Frame Made in Germany. I guess they make the mags faster than the guns, because the mags were made in 2000 according to the date clock.
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Posted: 8/29/2009 1:42:08 AM
Woot. 226 JK = 89. Cool.
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Posted: 8/29/2009 11:10:07 PM
Originally Posted By Mosspointers:
Woot. 226 JK = 89. Cool. I must have the twin brother! |
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Posted: 8/31/2009 8:01:29 PM
mine doesnt have those marks....its got the proof marks, but no letters. it does say 04/83 on the side of the slide though, just in front of the chamber.
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Posted: 8/31/2009 8:04:01 PM
and mine also says "made in west germany" on the frame
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Posted: 10/21/2009 9:20:37 AM
Another example for no real reason....
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Posted: 10/25/2009 8:52:14 PM
Originally Posted By 87GN:
Originally Posted By omega62:
Originally Posted By Growler67:
SiG date codes are stamped 2 letter codes. Underside of the slide at the muzzle end next to the proof marks. Here is my P228, it was made in 1997. img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/tyggrr65/Arms/DSC00602.jpg The letters decode as follows: A = 0 B = 1 C = 2 D = 3 E = 4 F = 5 G = 6 H = 7 J = 8 K = 9 If yours does not have it stamped as shown, SiG customer service can tell you over the phone by doing a serial number/batch search of their data archive. This. Always call the manufacturer when you have a question like this. They can usually tell you in about five minutes. That only works if your Sig has the proof marks...3 of my 7 do not. Also, Sig wants $25 to tell you how old your pistol is...  Is the info really that hard to come by? Only Sig can tell you after you pay them how old your gun is? How does a dealer find out what he has? That info has to be somewhere. Wouldn't it be in some blue book of values or something? How can almost every other firearm made be dated by doing a quick web search and a Sig can't? |
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Posted: 11/5/2009 7:01:41 PM
on the plastic handle there is a clock thing and it pionts right in betweeh 1 and 2 and the numbers by the arrow are 05. So it was made in 1 or 2 of 05? it was made in NH.
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Posted: 11/5/2009 11:28:45 PM
Originally Posted By Lucky_lefty:
on the plastic handle there is a clock thing and it pionts right in betweeh 1 and 2 and the numbers by the arrow are 05. So it was made in 1 or 2 of 05? it was made in NH. Jan or Feb of 2005. At least that is when the grips were made. This should give you an idea of when the rest of the gun was made as well. |
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Posted: 11/22/2009 12:37:23 AM
My 228 = 1992, My 220 = 1993, My 226 = 1993.
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Posted: 12/10/2009 2:39:23 AM
225 , 88, its a JJ
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Posted: 2/2/2010 10:20:26 AM
Are the "made in West Germany" ones worth more?
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Posted: 2/2/2010 1:48:22 PM
only to those who have them...many feel the Made in Germany (including the West German made ones) are superior...I will only go so far as to say there were less complaints back then but SiG didn't make so many varieties of the same pistol as they do today...enjoy whatever you have and if yours works...then it's fine...
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