You will need to check with Smith & Wesson. We cannot tell from a serial number alone, and several models were made in caliber 32 Long. Serial numbers are not unique to one gun, they are unique within a make and model.
Smith & Wesson was founded in 1852.
what year did smith&wesson start making the s&w40v
The Smith and Wesson model 4053 was made from 1991-1998.
Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson.
Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson, 3rd ed. might have the answer.
@ 1970
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No serial number provided.
You will need to add the model of Smith and Wesson to your serial number to get the correct year of manufacture.
Smith and Wesson made the model 686-3 from 1988-1992.
smith and Wesson has a collectors site, Google it.
I cannot assign a year of manufacture without you providing a serial number to your Smith and Wesson model 28.