Originally posted by parabellum:
So, the thing is, not only does that serial number not belong on that pistol, that serial number does not belong on that pistol.
Allow me to explain.
Browning's serial numbering scheme in those days told you a lot about their guns. BDAs were offered in three calibers 45 ACP, 9x19mm and 38 Super. Each of these three calibers had their own serial number prefix; 345 for 9mm, 375 for 38 Super, and 395 for 45 ACP.
Your slide shows a serial number beginning with 395RP, which should be a 45 ACP BDA made in 1978.
So, not only does that serial number not belong on that pistol because it's not a SIG serial number, it really doesn't belong because it's a serial number for a different caliber.
And no, it's not a 45 ACP slide at all.
Do you happen to know the proof date on this pistol? The serial number suggests 1978, but as I've stated, the serial number is extra super wrong.
So, the thing is, not only does that serial number not belong on that pistol, that serial number does not belong on that pistol.
Allow me to explain.
Browning's serial numbering scheme in those days told you a lot about their guns. BDAs were offered in three calibers 45 ACP, 9x19mm and 38 Super. Each of these three calibers had their own serial number prefix; 345 for 9mm, 375 for 38 Super, and 395 for 45 ACP.
Your slide shows a serial number beginning with 395RP, which should be a 45 ACP BDA made in 1978.
So, not only does that serial number not belong on that pistol because it's not a SIG serial number, it really doesn't belong because it's a serial number for a different caliber.
And no, it's not a 45 ACP slide at all.
Do you happen to know the proof date on this pistol? The serial number suggests 1978, but as I've stated, the serial number is extra super wrong.
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There seems to be a small run of these P220 in 7.65 with Browning serial numbers. Here are 2 othes I've found...- Serial Number Database Search This database contains the Swiss Schmidt-Rubin straight pull rifles with the corresponding manufacturing years. Please enter the rifle serial number without prefix (ie. Several rifle types may be in the same serial number range. Which Swiss rifle do I have? You own a swiss rifle and don't know the exact.
- The serial number is S4-504xx (I checked the S4 under high magnification, and it is definitely a '4' and not an 'A'). I sadly noted that the Sig case did not accompany the P239 and the dealer said he will attempt find it. It is ALL stainless, and shows very little 'smiley' wear on the.40S&W barrel.
Sig P220 Serial Number Dating Sights
396RP7396 JA 7.65 = Thanks to Dusty Dave (in Serial Number List)Sig Sauer P229 Serial Number Date
395RP7377 JA 7.65mm Para (posted by Ken* on 8/28/14 in Serial Number List thread)395RP7381 falls in between them. I wonder if the 396 prefix on the first is a typo. My theory is that after the importation by Browning ended there were some frames with BDA .45 serials left over and they were completed by Sig Sauer as P220 with new slides and barrels matched to those frames.
Further theorizing (and I'm really going out on a limb here) is that Sig Sauer did not have reason to adhere to Brownings serial number coding and made them up in whatever caliber needed at the time, 7.65 Para to satisfy demand from Italy.