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Did you notice the safety notches on the cylinder?
If I understand correctly they will help to date the pistol, until serial number analysis can be performed.
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Doc that just identifies it as a new model. The old model had no notches and had a slot on top of loading lever so you wouldn't have to drop the lever to remove cylinder. The old model stopped at about 10,000 if I'm not mistaken. That plus the silver bead front sight puts it pretty early on for a new model which really should be the 63 model since thats when production started. That one if it's the real deal was probably made in late 63 or early 64. I don't have the yearly production numbers at hand or the means to date it by the numbers.