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thanks, that's odd because the model is 686-6 SKU 164224 but the serial # is AJV...
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Are you getting the model number off the gun or off the box? The SKU doesn't appear on the gun, so presumably that's coming off the box. That SKU identifies a product that was manufactured from 2004 to 2006, and as Jim said the AJV serial number prefix would indicate 1985/86, which would make it a 686 "no dash" or possibly a -1.
Putting all that together, I'm guessing that you've got a no dash or -1 in a -6 box. Swing the cylinder out and look at the part of the frame that's exposed. In addition to some other numbers, the model number will be stamped there. If it's stamped 686-6 then I'm really at a loss. S&W has been known to build guns on older frames that they happened to have in stock that were already stamped with an earlier model number, but it seems impossible that could be the case here.