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May 17, 2009
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I notice that the serial number on this 715 is different than any which I have seen so far. It has 357 in front of the s/n. Has anyone seen this before?
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May 2, 2009
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yep, quite a few of them are that way--my 44, 357SM, and 715 are al that way.
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February 28, 2009
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I think the earlier guns are that way, but later they started the "Sx999999" type of number where the x was a different letter which represented the caliber. I have guns that begin SA, SB, SC, SD, and SE. Then there's the 22MS and the 445S.
Evidently most of my guns are later production. Incidentally, all of those listed above are Monson guns.
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January 24, 2009
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I sure hope that the BATF will finally cave in one day & release the serial number info for Dan Wesson's. It would sure be nice to know the definite answers to some of these questions.
Here's a thread I started a while back, comparing the serial number styles.
At first, I was under the assumption that the ones with the caliber designation at the front were done starting at the Palmer plant. But as more folks chimed in, it's clear that they switched to that "Palmer style" shortly before the end of the Monson era (presumably). Again, assumptions like this could be cleared up in an instant, if we could see the production records.
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March 2, 2008
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I'd be amazed if they could lay hands on the info, which is different from saying they don't have it.
Probably stored with the aliens from Roswell
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January 24, 2009
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That's probably about right.
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May 2, 2009
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I like to think they are stored next to the Ark of the Covenant from Indiana Jones.... 🙂
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