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That was very quick! Thank you! This is an amazing resource!Product code 103616 6" Classic Hunter 1988 which would puts it in engineering change 629-2 New yolk retention system/ Radius stud package/ floating hand.
The changes mentioned for the 629-2s are the so-called "Endurance package". This was an upgrade to make the 629 better able to stand heavy use with full mag loads and/or heavier bullets. The 629s shifted to MIM metal parts and a major redesign that took firing pin off hammer as of 629-5, a serious down-grade. And the widely detested lock was added as of 629-6s. I consider the -2s, -3s, and -4s the best 629s that SW ever made.
Photos not clear/big enough in my screen; can't tell what you are talking about about "fence".Isn't the Endurance Package also denoted by the raised "fence" just behind and below the cylinder as shown in the second pic?
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For some reason I remember this when the company addressed the "doubling" that sometimes happened.
Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
Apparently the early 629-2 did NOT have endurance package, and 629-2E represents a transition stage that added some of the endurance enhancing features. The full endurance package starts as of 629-3.
One of the upgrades was longer cylinder stop grooves and other upgrades in parts controlling cylinder.
Pizza Bob,And still, nobody has answered your question except in a very general sense.
S&W doesn't record production dates, just "shipped on" dates - which are usually pretty close, although in years gone past, sometimes an item would sit in inventory for a long time before it shipped.
The Special Order number on your label is a Julian date code for when your gun shipped. Your code is 0353 - that would be the 353rd day of the year 2000 - or Monday, December 18, 2000. That's as close as I can get it.
Enjoy your Smith.
Adios,
Pizza Bob
Not that particular gun. That model started being built in 1988. Your particular gun would have shipped in 1990.Pizza Bob,
If I understand you correctly this firearm was in inventory since 1988? How typical is that?
I know where you're coming from. Nature rewards us with little unanticipated gifts for our longevity.Sorry - brain skipped a decade. Should be 1990. It's hell getting old.
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I think that's it.
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I think that's it.
I never said it had anything to do with anything.View attachment 869713
This one is well after 629-2E Endurance package, as you can see the fence has nothing to do with it.
I never said it had anything to do with anything.
I merely pointed it out.
I'm guilty then ?I realize that, you marked the photo
I'm guilty then ?