Trying to find the year of manufacture...

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leed6966
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Trying to find the year of manufacture...

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Hi, I inherited a model 597 from my grandfather and would like to know the year it was manufactured. Everything I find online says there should be letter codes on the barrel, but this one doesn't have anything like that. I know he bought it in the early 2000s, probably around 2001 or 2002. I'll attach pictures of all the markings. Thanks for the help!
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Take off the stock, date codes are rarely visible. :shock:
malsop
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Re: Trying to find the year of manufacture...

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In your second picture you can see the barrel date code. It looks like a XB "21 XB 7" It seems to be lightly struck on the bottom half
It is located on the left side just in front of the receiver.

The XB would indicate

X - December
B - 2006



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