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Posted: 2/12/2023 1:08:26 PM EST
85xxx on a police positve in 38 S&W
I can't narrow it down online....I'm seeing 1911 to 1916. Sources don't seem to distinguish the 38 S&W from 32 and 38 special... I'm thinking it is 1911 or 1913 with 1916 being an outside date. |
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Posted: 2/12/2023 4:15:41 PM EST
[Last Edit: AardvarkRatnik]
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Serial number range for the Police Positive in .38 S&W from 1916 to 1917 is 82000 to 89000.
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Posted: 2/13/2023 2:04:49 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AardvarkRatnik: Serial number range for the Police Positive in .38 S&W from 1916 to 1917 is 82000 to 89000. @AardvarkRatnik Have you got a link? The one source I checked showed that sn range but listed it as 38 spcl. The same source showed that an range as as 1911 but in .32... I educated guess that the 38 SW were built on the 32 frames in the 1911 dates... |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/13/2023 2:32:48 PM EST
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No link. That is from a little book I’ve had for more than thirty years called “Colt’s Dates of Manufacture” by R.L. Wilson. If your revolver was a .32 that serial number would put it manufactured in 1911. If it was a .38 Special that number would put it being manufactured in 1913. It being a .38 S&W that number puts it being manufactured in 1916.
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Posted: 2/13/2023 2:43:51 PM EST
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