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Winchester_73 · May 31, 2013, 03:14 PM

I forgot to say something above: S&W has for the most part, always shipped out of sequence. With my 44, it was NOT a simple matter of: find the earliest SN, and count until mine is reached to deduce which number mine is. When finished guns were taken from the "completed room" they were taken in no particular order. A 44 magnum collector posted on the S&W forum a 44 magnum which has an earlier serial than mine, yet it shipped Feb 1957. So really, before I got my letter, there was no way to know. I hoped it was some unknown January 56 gun, but April of 56 was great.

May 31, 2013, 03:14 PM	#5
Winchester_73 Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 2,863	I forgot to say something above: S&W has for the most part, always shipped out of sequence. With my 44, it was NOT a simple matter of: find the earliest SN, and count until mine is reached to deduce which number mine is. When finished guns were taken from the "completed room" they were taken in no particular order. A 44 magnum collector posted on the S&W forum a 44 magnum which has an earlier serial than mine, yet it shipped Feb 1957. So really, before I got my letter, there was no way to know. I hoped it was some unknown January 56 gun, but April of 56 was great. __________________ Winchester 73, the TFL user that won the west