You look them up on a list.
If you call SW and give them the serial # they can tell you.
a serial number for a model 29 sw is 72-486
Impossible to answer because you did provide any information about the revolver or the serial number.
You don't decode the serial, you decode the date code stamped on the barrel starting in 1921. If you have something before that you need a model/serial to date it. Check the manufactured date link on the Remington Society of America for details.
You don't decode the serial, you decode the date code stamped on the barrel starting in 1921. If you have something before that you need a model/serial to date it. Check the manufactured date link on the Remington Society of America for details.
No serial number provided.
You must call S&W to find out the year they were made.
Call S&W
It will be marked on the barrel.
Since the first one was made.
You buy a book that has the serial numbers in it.
4 LB-008267