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4/23/2001 4:06:43 PM EDT
Can anyone point me to where I find info on whether my PWA is a pre or post? SER  453**
    Thanks.
4/24/2001 2:25:27 AM EDT
[#1]
Sorry to tell you, but I believe the magic number for PWAs is around 35000.  I have a stripped lower in the 45XXX range which I just bought from Gunsmoke last year as a post-ban.
4/24/2001 8:43:44 AM EDT
[#2]
Definite serial cutoff for PWA.  Last Pre-ban lower is #35,222.  All Post-ban receivers are give a year prefix.  I got this information from Browenells BenchTalk Vol. 1, No. 1 Fall 1977 issue.
4/24/2001 9:15:03 AM EDT
[#3]
My post-ban Commando doesn't have a year prefix.
4/25/2001 7:18:46 AM EDT
[#4]
Thanks guys. I thought it was post and have treated it that way but I wanted to confirm it in case I decide to trade or sell.
4/29/2001 6:05:28 PM EDT
[#5]
Circuits, in some of the S/N lists I've seen they say all post-ban PWA's have a year prefix, but I can't find any on my PWA's either.
5/1/2001 1:49:56 AM EDT
[#6]
from everything i have heard the 35000 serial number is a more accurate representation thatn the year prefix... any news as to where an acual serial number list exists other than the atf?
5/6/2001 8:18:22 AM EDT
[#7]
I bought some PWA stripped lowers before the Kali SB23 legislation kicked in.  They are post-ban and do not have any year prefix that coinsides with this decade.
5/24/2001 8:39:05 PM EDT
[#8]
FYI,
I saw a guy at the range that had a post ban PWA, I didn't look at the SN but it was stamped with a date on the opposite side of the receiver.
This was without a doubt a post ban.
It is a sad thought, but with all the internet list's out there, (with conflicting and sometimes incorecct info) who can trust them.

Saddly, I think that most if not all PWA lowers were actually manufactured before the ban, but alot of the post ban ones you see just didn't get put together or matched up with parts kits in time.
Yes, contrary to what you read here sometimes, all you had to do was have all the parts to build one before the ban, you didn't have to put it together.