year of manufacture S & W 6906

brazosdave · September 13, 2012, 08:57 AM

Hey, don't know if this is possible but I have a S & W 6906, serial # TCA 3808, is there any way to determine around when it was made by that? I bought it in WA state yrs ago, the dealer had a bunch of them that he said a police dept up near Seattle had switched out for .40 pistols. Thanks!

fast20 · September 13, 2012, 10:23 AM

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carguychris · September 13, 2012, 11:21 AM

I don't have my serial number references handy, but IIRC early S&W 3rd-gen 9mm TDA pistols were all lumped together in the same serial number range, starting with TCAxxx in late 1988.

FWIW early 3rd-gen M390x, M590x, and M690x series pistols all had squared-off trigger guards with checkered fronts, and the standard fixed rear sight was a very square vertical blade. The fixed rear sight was changed to a much less snaggy Novak Lo-Mount unit in 1991, and the trigger guards were rounded off 2-3 years later (the M390x series never got the latter change because they were discontinued by then). IOW early fixed sights + square trigger guard = 1988-1990 production; Novak fixed sights + square trigger guard = 1991-1994ish production; round trigger guard = later.

brazosdave · September 13, 2012, 03:05 PM

Thanks guys!

September 13, 2012, 08:57 AM	#1
brazosdave Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2012 Location: Copperas Cove, TX Posts: 257	year of manufacture S & W 6906 Hey, don't know if this is possible but I have a S & W 6906, serial # TCA 3808, is there any way to determine around when it was made by that? I bought it in WA state yrs ago, the dealer had a bunch of them that he said a police dept up near Seattle had switched out for .40 pistols. Thanks!

September 13, 2012, 11:21 AM	#3
carguychris Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2007 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 4,681	I don't have my serial number references handy, but IIRC early S&W 3rd-gen 9mm TDA pistols were all lumped together in the same serial number range, starting with TCAxxx in late 1988. FWIW early 3rd-gen M390x, M590x, and M690x series pistols all had squared-off trigger guards with checkered fronts, and the standard fixed rear sight was a very square vertical blade. The fixed rear sight was changed to a much less snaggy Novak Lo-Mount unit in 1991, and the trigger guards were rounded off 2-3 years later (the M390x series never got the latter change because they were discontinued by then). IOW early fixed sights + square trigger guard = 1988-1990 production; Novak fixed sights + square trigger guard = 1991-1994ish production; round trigger guard = later. __________________ "Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules... MARK IT ZERO!!" - Walter Sobchak

September 13, 2012, 10:23 AM	#2
fast20 Member Join Date: December 21, 2011 Posts: 57	try this site...somebody will be able to help you out http://smith-wessonforum.com/forum.php

September 13, 2012, 03:05 PM	#4
brazosdave Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2012 Location: Copperas Cove, TX Posts: 257	Thanks guys!