Serial number on an repo 1842 AS Smoothbore.

[JLeòdhas]

Hello,

I have recently bought the above musket and the serial number on the barrel is D096. My question is, how can I find out when the musket was made.

Thanks for the help,
Jason Lewis

[Third Mainer]

Re: Serial number on an repo 1842 AS Smoothbore.

Jason,
Look on the barrel, there should be a two letter date code, may be in a box. You can then look here http://www.gun-data.com/italiandatecodes2_arms.html to see when it was made.

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Serial number on an repo 1842 AS Smoothbore.

Hallo!

AA 1975
AB 1976
AC 1977
AD 1978
AE 1979
AF 1980
AH 1981
AI 1982
AL 1983
AM 1984
AN 1985
AP 1986
AS 1987
AT 1988
AW 1989
AZ 1990
BA 1991
BB 1992
BC 1993
BD 1994
BF 1995
BH 1996
BI 1997
BL 1998
BM 1999
BN 2000
BP 2001
BS 2002
BT 2003
BU 2004
BZ 2005
CA 2006
CB 2007
CC 2008
CD 2009
CF 2010
CH 2011
CI 2012

Curt

[JLeòdhas]

Re: Serial number on an repo 1842 AS Smoothbore.

There is a box with BH in it and there is a circle with AC in it. Going by the box code the musket was made in 1996. Does this mean that the musket was the 96th musket made in 1996? What does the circled AC stand for, Authentic Campaigner perhaps?

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Serial number on an repo 1842 AS Smoothbore.

Hallo!

I believe the "AC" is Armi Chiappa.

Besides, they were not making repro M1842's in 1977.

Curt