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ThomasH · October 12, 2010, 05:29 PM

Hello again folks, and thank you Jim for your help:

> "ThomasH,
>
> The serial number is the one stamped on the bottom of the grip butt.
> The other numbers are assembly numbers.
>
> AWT4873 = 1987.
> 4J2818 = 1971/72.
>
> Jim
>

I received my copy of The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson today, and I cannot find my serial numbers anywhere in it.

I have checked the middle section of the numbered models and read the sections on the Model 38 and Model 49, but I don't see any information about my serials numbers and what they might mean there.

I have also poured over the section in the rear that attempts to date the guns by their serial numbers but I see no examples of serial numbers like mine for either pistol!?! I see "J prefix" numbers but none like the 4J2818 serial number. And I haven't found a single reference to an AWT serial number like my AWT4873!?!

Am I doing something wrong? Is there something about these numbers or the book that I don 't understand? Where did you find the information about my serial numbers, if I may ask?

Thoroughly confused, as usual,

- Thomas

October 12, 2010, 05:29 PM	#3475
ThomasH Senior Member Join Date: October 16, 1998 Location: Cincinnati, OH USA Posts: 216	Uh, I can't find my numbers in the book? Hello again folks, and thank you Jim for your help: > "ThomasH, > > The serial number is the one stamped on the bottom of the grip butt. > The other numbers are assembly numbers. > > AWT4873 = 1987. > 4J2818 = 1971/72. > > Jim > I received my copy of The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson today, and I cannot find my serial numbers anywhere in it. I have checked the middle section of the numbered models and read the sections on the Model 38 and Model 49, but I don't see any information about my serials numbers and what they might mean there. I have also poured over the section in the rear that attempts to date the guns by their serial numbers but I see no examples of serial numbers like mine for either pistol!?! I see "J prefix" numbers but none like the 4J2818 serial number. And I haven't found a single reference to an AWT serial number like my AWT4873!?! Am I doing something wrong? Is there something about these numbers or the book that I don 't understand? Where did you find the information about my serial numbers, if I may ask? Thoroughly confused, as usual, - Thomas