[JMD669]

Hi Eric, I Trust you are well? I am writing to you from South Africa. Can you please assist? What is the model of a Taurus 9mm Pistol with serial number TRE08568? Thank you.

JMD669
469 posts · Joined 2024
Taurus 9mm Pistol with serial number TRE08568? Thank you.
T= 9mm
R= 2000
E= May
I would say your pistol was made in May of 2000

#58 · Nov 16, 2024
PT709 Slim serial? TJU60152. = September 2016

 

[jparkmcmxc]

Mine is tlp

 

[JMD669]

Mine is tlp

T= 9mm
L= 2018
P= April

 

[yusefjme]

can you also search mine plz. ADG430....

 

[lfallonii]

can you also search mine plz. ADG430....

I believe that according to the chart JMC669 posted above:

A= .22
D= 1984
G= July

If the gun is a G2 and/or G3 (I think) then:

AD=2022
G=July

 

[JMD669]

I believe that according to the chart JMC669 posted above:

A= .22
D= 1987
G= July

If the gun is a G2 and/or G3 (I think) then:

AD=2022
G=July

D= 1984, what model?

 

[jayrod316]

What if your serial number has no letter? I have a Taurus Model 82 that starts with 137.

 

[JMD669]

What if your serial number has no letter? I have a Taurus Model 82 that starts with 137.

Erick will see this and help

 

[ron in md]

I had the same question and I contacted Taurus, they said. “Those revolvers were sold in bulk without Taurus serial numbers to usually police departments and that they put their own number on them”.

 

[jayrod316]

I had the same question and I contacted Taurus, they said. “Those revolvers were sold in bulk without Taurus serial numbers to usually police departments and that they put their own number on them”.

Were they able to give you an idea of what decade they would have done this?

 

[ron in md]

Were they able to give you an idea of what decade they would have done this?

I didn’t ask that. I go by the stamped logo. But I have noticed that they are most always before 1990. And with that I question the metallurgy. Will it handle +P ammo?
The early bull logos look like cows 😂🤣

 

[JMD669]

I didn’t ask that. I go by the stamped logo. But I have noticed that they are most always before 1990. And with that I question the metallurgy. Will it handle +P ammo?
The early bull logos look like cows 😂🤣
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Taurus blessed all for +P starting with "HI" Ser# prefix which is September 1988, Starting in 1981=A second letter= month.
Check in this site under revolvers forum look for "tips on dating Taurus revolvers"

100 replies32 participantslast post by scottscnd1107 Dec 28, 2024
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Erick TambergDiscussion starter
1052 posts · Joined 2021

#1 · Aug 5, 2021 (Edited)
I will list some tips to estimate the year of production Taurus revolvers.

Taurus logo:

1949-1973 - Around the bull head (Hereford), words Taurus and Brasil has the same size and type of letter.

1973 -1981 - Taurus word has big letters and Brasil small letters.

1981-1996 - Hereford bull are replaced by Miura bull (with bigger horns).

1996 - Brasil word was suppressed from the logo.

Mainspring: Flat up to 1960, coil type after that year.

Grooved flutes: Used up to 1978.

Hammer-mounted firing pin: used only in .32 S&W Long and .38 Special calibers. Up to 1981 in .32 S&W Long and May, 1980 for .38 Special. Other calibers always used frame-mounted firing pin.

Barrel retaining pin: Abolished in May, 1984.

Serial numbers preceeded by two letters:

FIRST letter means the YEAR, beginning with A in 1981 to Z in 2006. Returned to A in 2007, changing the second letter for month.
SECOND letter means the MONTH. A to L between 1981-2006. M to X from 2007.

Care must be taken with the extractor rod thread. Up to 1970´s, it was a normal thread (clockwise to tighten). In the beginning of 1980s, models changed in different dates for an inverted thread (clockwise to loosen).

 

[landshark069]

My G3C, which I just received Mar 7, 2025, has a frame stamp showing 5 / 22, which is May 2022. The box label has no date but I noticed another label under it. I peeled it back and it has the same serial number with date 25.5.2022. Why is the gun so old and why does it have two labels ? If it was refurbished, what are the common 'refurbishes' being done ? BTW, I have tried for 3 days now to register for the warranty and the registration website and phone numbers don't work.

 

[Naskarl]

My G3C, which I just received Mar 7, 2025, has a frame stamp showing 5 / 22, which is May 2022. The box label has no date but I noticed another label under it. I peeled it back and it has the same serial number with date 25.5.2022. Why is the gun so old and why does it have two labels ? If it was refurbished, what are the common 'refurbishes' being done ? BTW, I have tried for 3 days now to register for the warranty and the registration website and phone numbers don't work.

I used 229-515-8464 direct pH line a couple months ago and got right through.
I work for Toyota and occasionally we gets parts or even vehicles that were lost in transport for years sometimes that appear without explanation.
Could. Be gun was sitting in stock room of a LGS that went out of business and got sent back to Taurus wharehouse. Guess as long as price is right and functions properly "no harm no foul"

 

[Vroom]

Hey guys any clue on a date for a pt92cs
TMC

ok I think its march 1993 ???

 

[chrisallenwhite1972]

Erick, I have an old .38 Sp from my Dad. It has Firearms Int’ Corp stamp but is a Taurus. Serial # 396475. no letters in the serial number.

 

[ron in md]

Erick, I have an old .38 Sp from my Dad. It has Firearms Int’ Corp stamp but is a Taurus. Serial # 396475. no letters in the serial number.

Hello, I am not Eric, but I had the same question a couple of months ago.
I contacted Taurus by email and asked this same question.
Taurus replied, (not verbatim) “handguns with serial numbers only were sold in bulk, usually to worldwide police departments or to a Brazilian PD
and they applied their own serial numbers”.

ron in md

 

[ron in md]

Hello, I am not Eric, but I had the same question a couple of months ago.
I contacted Taurus by email and asked this same question.
Taurus replied, (not verbatim) “handguns with serial numbers only were sold in bulk, usually to worldwide police departments or to a Brazilian PD
and they applied their own serial numbers”.

ron in md

l should have said, “handguns with “NO” serial numbers were sold in bulk, yada yada yada.

 

[chrisallenwhite1972]

l should have said, “handguns with “NO” serial numbers were sold in bulk, yada yada yada.

Here is the pistol.

 

[ron in md]

Here is the pistol.

This may be of help, the logo will give you a time frame when the gun was manufactured