How do I find out what year my gun was made?

Pick the manufacturer and model, then enter the serial number. The tool matches it against published production ranges and returns the year (or year span), factory, and how confident the record is. Serial numbers are usually stamped on the frame, receiver, or barrel.

Are the year estimates exact?

They are as exact as the surviving records allow. Manufacturer shipping ledgers give tight, reliable dates; where those are lost, collector-consensus ranges are broader. Each result shows its source tier so you know how much to trust it.

Why do I need the model, not just the serial number?

Serial numbers are only unique within a model line — a "125000" exists for dozens of different guns. The manufacturer plus model narrows it to the right production ledger. Some makers (like Glock) also encode the date in a letter prefix rather than the number.

My model is not listed — what now?

We cover 546 model families and are adding more. If yours is missing, the maker's customer service or a factory historical letter is the authoritative source, and you can send us the data to add it.

Does the serial number tell me what my gun is worth?

Only indirectly. Age, factory, and production run inform value, but condition, originality, and provenance matter far more. For a valuable or collectible firearm, get a factory letter and a qualified appraisal.

Firearms / Serial Number Lookup

Firearm Database

Serial Number Lookup

Enter your firearm's make, model, and serial number to estimate the year it was made — with the factory, production run, and the record it's drawn from. 546 models across 143 makers, 1847–2026.

ManufacturerModelSerial number

Tip: leave the serial blank to see a model's full production timeline. Letter prefixes (Glock, some Colt/S&W) are handled automatically.

How serial-number dating works

A firearm's serial number is a position in the maker's production sequence. When the factory's shipping ledgers survive, that position maps to a precise date; when they don't, collectors reconstruct the ranges from dated, documented examples. This tool draws on both — every result is tagged primary source, manufacturer records, or collector consensus so you know how firm the date is. Some manufacturers, notably Glock and post-war Colt and Smith & Wesson, encode the year in a letter prefix or suffix rather than the number itself; the lookup reads those too.

What we cover

143 manufacturers · 546 model families · 1,345 dated serial ranges. Click a maker to load it.

Full model index

A.H. Fox

Fox SxS Shotgun

Aero Precision

M4E1 Enhanced

Allen & Wheelock

Side Hammer Revolver

Anderson Manufacturing

AM-15

Angstadt Arms

UDP-9

Argentine Army

Sistema Colt 1911A1

Arisaka

Type 38 · Type 38 Arisaka · Type 99 · Type 99 Arisaka

Astra

Model 300 · Model 400 · Model 600/43

Auto-Mag

Auto Mag

Bacon Arms

Pepperbox Revolver

Baker Gun Co

Baker SxS Shotgun

Ballard

Ballard Single Shot Rifle

Ballester Molina

Ballester-Molina

BCM

BCM RECCE-16

Beretta

92F / M9 · Model 1934 · Model 1935 · Model 21 Bobcat · Model 70 · Model 92 · Model 92F / M9

Brazilian Army

MD1 / MD2

Bren Ten

Browning

A-Bolt · Auto-5 · BAR · BAR Mark II · BLR · Citori · Hi-Power · Superposed · Superposed Pigeon Grade

Browning Arms

Auto-5 · BAR · BLR · Citori · Hi-Power · Model 71 · T-Bolt · T-Bolt Reintroduction

Bulgarian Arms

Arsenal SAS-M7

Burgess

Burgess Repeating Shotgun

Bushmaster

XM15

Carcano

M91

Carl Walther GmbH

PP · PPK

Charter Arms

Bulldog · Pathfinder · Undercover

Colt

1911 · AR-15 A2 Sporter · AR-15 SP1 · AR-15 SP1 Sporter II · Army Special · Bisley · Cobra · Delta Elite · Detective Special · Diamondback · Double Action 1878 · Dragoon · Frontier Scout · Government Model 1911A1 · King Cobra · Lawman Mark III · LE6920 M4 Carbine · Lightning / Thunderer · Lightning Rifle · M1911A1 (military) · Marshal · Match Target HBAR · Model 1851 Navy · Model 1860 Army · Model 1861 Navy · Model 1873 Cavalry · Model 1889 Navy · Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless · Model 1905 · Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless · Model 1908 Vest Pocket · Model 1911 · Model 1911A1 · Model 1917 · New Army and Navy · New Police · New Service · Official Police · Python · Series 70 · Series 80 · Single Action Army · Trooper · Trooper Mark III · Walker · Walker Revolver · Woodsman

CZ

CZ 52 · CZ 75 · CZ 82 / CZ 83

Dan Wesson Arms

Model 15 · Model 22

Daniel Defense

DDM4 V11

Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken

P08 Luger

DPMS

Panther Lite 16

DWM

Luger P08

Enfield

Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I · Lee-Enfield SMLE Mk III · M1917 · M1917 Enfield · Pattern 1914 Enfield

Erfurt

Luger P08

Erma

EP-22 · ER 63 Carbine · ER 722

Fabrique Nationale

FAL Battle Rifle · Model 1900 · Model 1903 · Model 1910

Finnish Arms

Valmet M71S

FN Herstal

Five-seveN · FNP-9 / FNX-9

Forehand & Wadsworth

British Bulldog

Freedom Arms

Model 83 · Model 97

Galil

Galil ARM / SAR Semi-Auto

German State Arsenal

Kar98k · Model 98 · P08 Pistol · P38

Glock

G17 · G19 · G21 · G22 · G23 · G26 · G43 · Glock 17 · Glock 19 · Glock 21 · Glock 22

Harrington & Richardson

Automatic Ejector · M1 Garand · Model 088 · Model 1871 Buffalo Classic · Model 490 Greenwing · Model 504 · Model 532 · Model 686 · Model 732 · Model 733 · Model 900 · Model 929 · Model 930 · Model 939 · Model 949 · Model 999 Sportsman · Reising Model 50 · Safety Hammerless Topbreak · Topper · Topper Model 158 · Topper Model 48 · Trapper · Ultra Wildcat · Young America

Heckler & Koch

HK91 / G3 Semi-Auto · HK93 / G33 Semi-Auto · HK94 / MP5 Semi-Auto · Mark 23 SOCOM · P2000 · P7 M8 · PSP / P7 M13 · USP · VP70

Henry

Henry Rifle

Henry Repeating Arms

Big Boy · Golden Boy

High Standard

Supermatic Citation

High Standard Manufacturing

Dura-Matic · Flite King · HDM Suppressed · Military Supermatic · Model 10-A · Model B · Model C · Model D · Model E · Model G-380 · Model H-B · Sharpshooter · Sport King · Supermatic · Victor

Hopkins & Allen

XL No. 3 Revolver

Hungarian Arms

SA-85M / AMD-65 Semi-Auto

IMI

Desert Eagle

Inland

M1 Carbine

Inland Manufacturing / GM

M1 Carbine

International Harvester

M1 Garand

Intratec

TEC-9 / TEC-DC9

Ithaca

M1911A1 · Model 37

Ithaca Gun

Model 37 · Model 51 Featherlight · Model 87 DS Police

Ithaca Gun Company

Model 37 · NID Grade

Iver Johnson

.22 Target · Cadet · Champion · M1 Carbine · Model 57A Target · Safety Automatic Hammerless · Sealed Eight · Supershot · TP22 · TP25

Izhevsk Arsenal

Model 1891/30

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant

AK-47 · AKM

J. Stevens Arms

Crack Shot · Favorite Model 17 · Favorite Model 26 · Model 14 Little Scout · Model 311 · Model 416 · Model 44 Ideal · Model 44-1/2 Ideal · Model 45-70 Long Range · Model 520 · Model 620 · Model 66 · Model 87 · No. 12 Marksman · Springfield Model 84C

Johnson Arms

M1941 Johnson Rifle

JP Enterprises

JP-15 / JPSR

Kahr Arms

K9 · PM9

Kel-Tec

P-11 · P-32 · Sub-2000

Kimber

Custom 1911

L.C. Smith

L.C. Smith Side-by-Side

Lahti

L-35 Lahti

LAR Manufacturing

Grizzly Win Mag

Lee-Enfield

No. 1 Mk III (SMLE) · No. 4 Mk I

Lefever Arms

Lefever SxS Shotgun

Les Baer

Ultimate Master Combat

Llama

Llama Comanche · Llama I-A · Llama IXA

Luger / DWM

Commercial Luger

Luger DWM

Luger P08 Artillery

LWRC

M6-IC

Maadi

ARM / MISR

Magnum Research

Desert Eagle

Makarov

PM Makarov

Marlin

Model 1894 · Model 1895 · Model 30AS · Model 336 · Model 336 Texan · Model 39 · Model 39A · Model 444 · Model 60

Marlin Firearms

Model 1894 · Model 1895 · Model 30AS · Model 336 · Model 39 · Model 39A · Model 444 · Model 60 · Model 795 · Model 882

Mauser

C96 Broomhandle · Gewehr 98 · Karabiner 98k · Luger P08 (byf/42) · P08 Luger

Merwin Hulbert

Pocket Army Revolver

Mosin-Nagant

M38 Carbine · M44 Carbine · M91/30 (Izhevsk) · M91/30 (Tula)

Mossberg

Model 151M · Model 183 · Model 185 · Model 395 · Model 42 · Model 44US · Model 46 · Model 500 · Model 590 · Model 590A1 · Model 835 Ulti-Mag

Nagant

M1895 Revolver

Nambu

Type 14 Nambu · Type 94 Nambu

Nighthawk Custom

GRP Government

Norinco

SKS Type 56 · Type 54 Pistol · Type 56 AK

Noveske

N4 Light Recce

Palmetto State Armory

PA-15

Para-Ordnance

P14-45

Parker Brothers

Parker SxS Shotgun

Pedersen

Pedersen Device

Radom

P-64 CZAK · VIS Wz.35 German Occupied · VIS Wz.35 Radom

Reid

My Friend Knuckleduster

Reising Arms

Reising Model 55

Remington

Model 03-A3 · Model 11-48 · Model 1100 · Model 14 · Model 141 Gamemaster · Model 1858 New Army · Model 1875 Army · Model 1890 · Model 24 · Model 25 · Model 31 · Model 33 · Model 37 · Model 512 · Model 700 · Model 721 · Model 722 · Model 740/742 · Model 742 · Model 742 Woodsmaster · Model 760 · Model 760 Gamemaster · Model 788 · Model 8 · Model 8 / 81 · Model 870 · Model 870 Police · Nylon 66 · Rolling Block

Remington Rand

M1911A1

Rock Island Arsenal

M1903 Springfield

Rock River Arms

LAR-15 Entry Tactical

Rock-Ola

M1 Carbine

Romanian Arms

WASR-10

Rossi

Circuit Judge · Model 92 Lever Action

Royal Small Arms Factory

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III · Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1

Ruby / Gabilondo

Ruby Pistol

Ruger

10/22 · AR-556 · Blackhawk · GP100 · Hawkeye · M77 · M77 Mark II · Mark I Target · Mark II · Mark III · Mark IV · Mini-14 · Model 77 · Old Army · P85 · P89 · Redhawk · Security Six · Security-Six · Single Six · Speed Six · Standard · Standard Pistol · Super Redhawk

Saginaw

M1 Carbine

Sauer & Sohn

Model 38H

Savage

Model 110 · Model 1899 · Model 23 · Model 24 · Model 29 · Model 99 · Model 99A · Model 99C

Savage Arms

Model 10/110 · Model 110E · Model 1895 · Model 1899 · Model 24 · Model 29 · Model 340 · Model 99

Sharps

Model 1874 Buffalo Rifle · Sharps Carbine Model 1859 · Sharps New Model 1863

Sig Sauer

MCX Virtus · MPX · P220 · P226 · P228 · P229 · P232 · P365

SIG Sauer

P220 · P226 · P228 / M11 · P365 · P938

SKS

Tula

Smith & Wesson

.32 Hand Ejector · .38 Safety Hammerless · Hand Ejector 1st Model .32 · Military & Police · Military & Police / Model 10 · Model 1 · Model 1-1/2 · Model 10 · Model 15 Combat Masterpiece · Model 19 · Model 19 Combat Magnum · Model 1917 · Model 2 Army · Model 29 · Model 3 American · Model 3 Russian · Model 3 Schofield · Model 36 · Model 36 Chief's Special · Model 39 · Model 41 · Model 459 · Model 586 · Model 586 / 686 · Model 59 · Model 60 · Model 625 · Model 629 · Model 66 · Model 686 · New Model 3 · Safety Hammerless · Sigma SW9F

Spencer

Spencer Repeating Carbine

Springfield Armory

M1 Garand · M1903 · M1903A3

Springfield Armory (civilian)

XD Service

Springfield Armory (Commercial)

1911-A1 · XD

Springfield Armory (US Government)

M1 Garand · M1903 Springfield · Model 1873 Trapdoor · Model 1903 · Model 1903A3

Star

Star Model B · Star Model BM

Steyr

AUG A1 · Model 1895 Straight-Pull · Model 1907 / Repetierpistole M12

Sturm Ruger

10/22 · Blackhawk · GP100 · Mark II · Mark III · Mini-14 · No. 1 · Redhawk · Security-Six · Single Six · Speed-Six · Standard Model (Mark I) · Super Redhawk

Suomi

KP/-31 Suomi SMG

Taurus

Judge · Model 66 · Model 85 · PT92 / PT99

Thompson

M1 Thompson · Thompson M1928

Tokarev

M57 Tokarev · TT-33

Tokarev / Soviet

TT-33 Tokarev

Underwood

M1 Carbine

US M1917

Revolver

Uzi

Uzi Semi-Auto Carbine

Vis / FB Radom

P-83 Wanad

Walther

P38 · P38 (postwar) · P99 · PPK

Weatherby

Mark V · Vanguard

Webley & Scott

.38/200 Mark IV Revolver · .455 Self-Loading Pistol · Mark I Revolver · Mark II Revolver · Mark III Revolver · Mark IV Revolver · Mark V Revolver · Mark VI Revolver · Model 1906 Semi-Auto · Model 1909 Semi-Auto · Model 1910 Metropolitan Police

Wildey

Wildey Survivor

Wilson Combat

CQB Elite

Winchester

M1 Carbine · M1 Garand · Model 101 · Model 12 · Model 1866 · Model 1866 Yellow Boy · Model 1873 · Model 1876 · Model 1885 · Model 1885 Single Shot · Model 1886 · Model 1887 · Model 1892 · Model 1893 · Model 1894 · Model 1895 · Model 1897 · Model 1901 · Model 1903 · Model 1905 · Model 1907 · Model 21 · Model 42 · Model 52 · Model 61 · Model 62 · Model 63 · Model 70 · Model 88 · Model 94

Windham Weaponry

WW-15

Zastava

M59/66 PAP

Frequently asked

How do I find out what year my gun was made?: Pick the manufacturer and model, then enter the serial number. The tool matches it against published production ranges and returns the year (or year span), factory, and how confident the record is. Serial numbers are usually stamped on the frame, receiver, or barrel.
Are the year estimates exact?: They are as exact as the surviving records allow. Manufacturer shipping ledgers give tight, reliable dates; where those are lost, collector-consensus ranges are broader. Each result shows its source tier so you know how much to trust it.
Why do I need the model, not just the serial number?: Serial numbers are only unique within a model line — a "125000" exists for dozens of different guns. The manufacturer plus model narrows it to the right production ledger. Some makers (like Glock) also encode the date in a letter prefix rather than the number.
My model is not listed — what now?: We cover 546 model families and are adding more. If yours is missing, the maker's customer service or a factory historical letter is the authoritative source, and you can send us the data to add it.
Does the serial number tell me what my gun is worth?: Only indirectly. Age, factory, and production run inform value, but condition, originality, and provenance matter far more. For a valuable or collectible firearm, get a factory letter and a qualified appraisal.

Dates are estimates from published production data and collector research, not legal or appraisal documents. Ranges can overlap, have gaps, or carry factory rework marks. For insurance, sale, or legal purposes — or for any collectible firearm — obtain a manufacturer's historical letter and a qualified appraisal.