Proof codes for date of manufacture for Italian replica six-shooters

People ask, how old is my (insert make here:, Uberti, Jager, ASM, Pietta) sixgun?

The answer is not perhaps as obvious as it is with things made in USA and collected in USA, say Colt, SW, Ruger, Winchester, Remington. With those, the various collector communities have seen to it that there are widely published date to serial lists.

That isn't going to be the case with the Italian replicas, but more often than not the answer is easily found stamped on the revolver.

Look on the revolver barrel or bottom or side of cylinder frame. There, you should find a roman numeral or two character alphabetical stamp. Take that, and cross reference it the list below. That's your build date.

For all practical purposes, the import of Italian replica cartridge sixguns started in 1962. We'll start about there.

1960 = XVI
1961 = XVII
1962 = XVIII
1963 = XIX
1964 = XX
1965 = XXI
1966 = XXII
1967 = XXIII
1968 = XXIV
1969 = XXV
1970 = XXVI
1971 = XX7
1972 = XX8
1973 = XX9
1974 = XXX
1975 = AA
1976 = AB
1977 = AC
1978 = AD
1979 = AE
1980 = AF
1981 = AH
1982 = AI
1983 = AL
1984 = AM
1985 = AN
1986 = AP
1987 = AS
1988 = AT
1989 = AU
1990 = AZ
1991 = BA
1992 = BB
1993 = BC
1994 = BD
1995 = BF
1996 = BH
1997 = BI
1998 = BL
1999 = BM
2000 = BN
2001 = BP
2002 = BS
2003 = BT
2004 = BU
2005 = BZ
2006 = CA
2007 = CB
2008 = CC
2009 = CD
2010 = CF