Hi are WW2 Thompsons dated, or is it just by serial numbers?? and if by serial numbers how do you work the date out...thanks festeruk
Ww2 Thompsons Dated
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, Feb 18 2004 02:43 PM
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 02:43 PM
Hi are WW2 Thompsons dated, or is it just by serial numbers?? and if by serial numbers how do you work the date out...thanks festeruk
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 08:04 PM
They are not dated. The serial number will give you the approximate date of maufacture if you have a book such as Frank's "American Thunder".
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 08:28 PM
fester,
Give up the number, and I can give up the date.
Give up the number, and I can give up the date.
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 08:38 PM
How about the dates on these I'm working on buying? Serial Numbers: A0152924X & A0150727. That's what the guy read off to me. I think it's somewhere around 1940-41. Thanks.
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 08:58 PM
Mike,
October/November 1942
October/November 1942
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 09:12 PM
Thanks Art.
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 11:17 PM
As long as we're here, anyone (Arthur?) know when Savage S349851 was made? I think it's late summer, '42.
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Thanks!
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 12:26 AM
DC,
December, 1942-January, 1943
December, 1942-January, 1943
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 07:42 AM
How about M1A1 522625 - savage built
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 08:21 AM
Thanks, Arthur! That's earlier than I expected (and will make parting with it even harder on me when I have to sell it in a month or two ... 
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)Regards,
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 08:34 AM
Art,
About when was my Savage M1A1 #306581 born?
Thanks,
Doug Stump
About when was my Savage M1A1 #306581 born?
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Doug Stump
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 09:11 AM
ARTHUR
SAVAGE MANUFACTURED M1 #186074?
SAVAGE MANUFACTURED M1 #186074?
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 11:07 AM
USMC,
March/April 1943
Doug,
November/December 1942
ODS,
September/October 1942
March/April 1943
Doug,
November/December 1942
ODS,
September/October 1942
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 11:12 AM
Arthur,
You're probably sick and tired of looking up numbers by now, but anyway - S-245XX? That's one thing I miss in "American Thunder", a list of production dates. I've tried looking for it on the Net, no luck there either. Thanks!
Balder
You're probably sick and tired of looking up numbers by now, but anyway - S-245XX? That's one thing I miss in "American Thunder", a list of production dates. I've tried looking for it on the Net, no luck there either. Thanks!
Balder
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 11:20 AM
Balder,
October, 1940
October, 1940
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 11:57 AM
This appears to be the sort of thing for a chart or "look up table" in the FAQ section, eh?
Anyone have the relevant data and willing to volunteer to develop such a chart/table?
Anyone have the relevant data and willing to volunteer to develop such a chart/table?
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 12:26 PM
Arthur,
Didn't the M1 series production start in 1942? How could the M1 guns be made in 1941 or did I read the posts incorrectly?
Didn't the M1 series production start in 1942? How could the M1 guns be made in 1941 or did I read the posts incorrectly?
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 01:02 PM
Arthur,Balder... Looks like my Savage #24169 is close to Oct. 1940 too.It`s amazing they are so close in production time and travelled all around the world during a major conflict and survive to this day...if they could only talk..out. 
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 01:14 PM
ARTHUR THANKS 
AS BALDER & SECONDAMEND ASK..IS THERE A TABLE/CHART/ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO "DECODE" SERIAL NUMBERS, OR ARE YOU REALLY A REALLY R.K.I.
AS BALDER & SECONDAMEND ASK..IS THERE A TABLE/CHART/ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO "DECODE" SERIAL NUMBERS, OR ARE YOU REALLY A REALLY R.K.I.
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Posted 19 February 2004 - 01:17 PM
G.I.,
OK...Ooops...Revised dates....Mixed up 28's with M1/M1A1's...These are dates for M1/M1A1's except for Balder's which is a 1928, I hope.
OK...Ooops...Revised dates....Mixed up 28's with M1/M1A1's...These are dates for M1/M1A1's except for Balder's which is a 1928, I hope.
