Quote:
Originally Posted by KCordell
How can you tell the date of manufacture?
|
I found this site
http://www.gournetusa.com/darne04.htm which had this chart. Also found a site that has manufacturers owners manuals for many extinct guns and picked up one for the Darne for the 1962-68 era.
http://www.cornellpubs.com/index.php
SERIAL NUMBER FOR AFFIXED BARREL MODEL R V P & HS (Many Exceptions Occur)
0-50000:up to 1910, one piece stock
A001,A002...A999,B001...Z999:1910-1925
AA001,AA002...BB001...ZZ999:1926-1935
3A001,3A002...3B001...3Z999:1935-1948
4A001,4A002...4B001...:1949-1955
4Z 1955-1952
5A001...5Z999:1962-1968 Mine is 5T264 so it fits in this range
6A...1968-1974
7A...1974-1978
8A...up to 8F 1978
8G Bruchet
8F890...8G204 1981-2004