Oh yeah… and some letter combinations were just skipped. Often this was for a special production run, and sometimes the letters would have some significance to the particular model. There are numerous examples where a three letter prefix was used completely out of sequence. AAA, followed by AAB, followed by AAC, etc.) Except when they weren’t. These triple-alpha serial number prefixes were “sort-of” used in alphabetical order (i.e. The first models numbered with this system are the L frames, which were introduced at the same type as the new serial system. THE DREADED TRIPLE-ALPHA SERIAL NUMBER RANGESīetween 19 all models were transitioned to a serial number system that consists of three letters followed by 4 numerical digits. Here's the new intro to the Triple Alpha serial number table in SCSW4:
Standard production guns are more useful than special production runs. We especially need this for revolvers after 2004 and pistols after 1998.
If you KNOW the YEAR your gun was produced (by date on box, date on fired cartridge from factory, or factory letter), please help us by providing the following:
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