S&W DA Frontier ser #

[Leonidas]

Can anyone tell me when 172xx was made? It's a 44 russian.
cheers

 

[dingus]

S&W DA Frist model, its pre 1898 thats for certin.
They started makeing them in 1881 and made like 54600 something like that
Id guess 1889 if its in the 17000s.

 

[Leonidas]

Great! Thanks Dingus.

Is there an online resource somewhere for S&W serial #s?