[CAMPBELL49T]

I HAVE A 3ND MODEL DRAGOON, IT HAS TWO A'S IN A BOX WHAT YEAR IS THAT. IT IS A MAGNUM IT HAS JOHN COPPER WRITTEN ON IT IN TWO PLACES.
CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE YEAR IT WAS MADE. AND WHY JOHN COPPER'S NAME IS ON IT:banghead:

[mykeal]

AA is 1975. There is no magnum 3rd model Dragoon. John Copper is not a name I recognize; he may have been a previous owner.

[CAMPBELL49T]

Hey thanks mykeal. So my revolver is over 30 years old. Where do you find the year is there some web site? oh by the way it is a 2nd model dragoon

[arcticap]

https://store.bluebookinc.com/Info/PDF/POWDER/MBPProofmarks.pdf

When looking at the model year designations there is a clear logic behind it.
BT 2003
BU 2004
BZ 2005
CA 2006
CB 2007
CC 2008
CD 2009

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=249550&highlight=date+code+chart


See this post for some earlier codes that predate the chart:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=3322620&postcount=20

[CAMPBELL49T]

Thanks i book marked code chart for future. Arcticap i have some more info on that lock maybe you can help with the set screws that might be the problem check old thread