Date of MFG S&W 27-2?

[g17]

Hello all, first post here and found the site by doing a search for a S&W 27 that I picked up over the weekend. The Serial is N461680, anyone know what year it was made? Thanks.

 

[Ala Dan]

1978

As the serial number range for that period ran from N430001 thru N550000.

Source: Standard Catalog Of Smith & Wesson 2nd edition by
Supica & Nahas

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