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I have a S&W K-frame 28 spl with serial number C 120011 the c is on the far end of the butt. Anyone know around what time this gun was made and the model.
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The SN places the gun in the 1948 (starting with C1) to 1951 (ending with C223998) time period. You can interpolate to get a somewhat better idea of year, but there's no way to pin it down from the information provided in SCSW.
The "C" series of SNs was used for the Models 10, 11, 12, 45, and Aircrewman and their pre-model number equivalents (which yours would be). Of those possibilities, the 11 and 45 were not chambered in .38 Special, so that leaves the pre-10, pre-12, and Aircrewman. It's most likely a pre-10, which was known as the .38 Military & Police at that time. The other two possibilities had alloy frames, which you can check with a magnet, and the Aircrewman had additional markings identifying it as such.