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Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson, 3rd, ed., Supica and Nahas
The serial number is on the butt of the weapon. From that, you can determine when shipped by calling S&W or looking it up in the Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson.
Your smith and Wesson model 686 is valued at 250-425 dollars depending on condition.
Yes.
Impossible to answer without the serial number. The serial number is on the butt.
Model 37
3 or 4 inch
$750.00
the value of a smith Wesson 8 inch barrel model 27-2
1961-1966. Call Smith and Wesson and they can tell you when it left the factory by the serial number.
With the serial number that you provided,your Smith and Wesson model 28-2 was made in the year 1973.
It was a Smith & Wesson Model 29 with a 8 3/8 inch barrel.