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January 23, 2011
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I have a dw 715 s/n S/00xxxx. Does anyone know what the / means ? It is 357 mag.
All the other 715 I have seen are either SDxxxxx or 357Sxxxx. Could it be an early 715?
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February 29, 2012
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I don't know what the the S/ is for in the Serial Number either. I always assumed the S/ was for stainless. For what it's worth, my Monson 714 SN# (S/004XXX) is set up that way too. Maybe one of our more knowledgeable members can explain it.
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July 2, 2011
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My Monson 715 has the same numbering convention. Don't know what it means.
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January 24, 2009
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The "S" does stand for stainless.
When they first introduced stainless guns around 1983, the first ones were numbered in the conventional blued gun style, like this.
I assume that almost immediately someone noticed that this s/n style would be hard to track exactly how many stainless guns were produced. So the stainless guns got an "S/" ahead of the s/n.
This style remained for a while, until they deleted the slash & started using two letters ahead of the s/n. "S" still means stainless, and "D" means .357 Mag. These same letters were used on 714 & 715 models.
Toward the end of the Monson era & into the Palmer years, they changed again. This time the caliber is shown first, then an "S" or "B" (stainless or blued), then the s/n.
Monson...
And Palmer...
Hope that helps.
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