Call S&W and they will tell you when it left the factory. It could have been made anywhere from a week to a year before.
what is the manufacture date of a model 59 winchester 12 gauge shotgun with serial number 262XX
Your serial number dates your Smith and Wesson model 59 to the years 1977-1978.
YOUR GUN WAS MFG. 1958 TO 59
59-63
59-60 time frame
Your serial number indicates that your Smith and Wesson model 59 was made in the year 1975.
33-59
Your serial number indicates that your Smith and Wesson model 59 was made from 1976-1977.The serial number range for that time was A295,001-A385,000.I can say that with your serial number I would place production in the year 1977.
Your serial number indicates that your Smith and Wesson model 59 was made between June of 1978,thru 1979.
If it still has the original barrel look at the left side of the barrel back toward the receiver and get the date code - it will be a series of two letters or three letters - the first letter is the month represented by BLACKPOWDERX B being January and X being December. The next two or one letter represents the year of manufacture. 1950 is WW, 1951 is XX, 52 is YY, 53 is ZZ, 54 is A, 55 is B, 56 is C, 57 is D, 58 is E, 59 is F, 60 is G, 61 is H, 62 is J, 63 is K, 64 is L, 65 is M, 66 is N, 67 is P, and 1968 is R. That is all that you should need because in 1968 Remington changed the serial number structure and added a letter to the front of the serial number.
no serial number provided
1977