You will have to call S&W
You will have to call S&W
@ 1956
@27 years ago.
1969
Impossible to answer without the serial number.
@1972
@ 36 years ago
Your early J frame model 36 Smith and Wesson was made in the year 1955 with the serial number that you have provided.
You must call S&W
1971 or 1972, you will have to call S&W to find out which.
Call S&W and they will tell you when it left the factory
Post the serial number or find a copy of the Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson.