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Originally posted by coloradohunter44:
Look at the post at the top of sig pistols. You can search for your serial number in the P229 area and get close.

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Originally posted by TKE-AX611:

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Originally posted by coloradohunter44:
Look at the post at the top of sig pistols. You can search for your serial number in the P229 area and get close.

I did look before I posted, but the four "AL" S/N dates range from 95 to 08. A 13 year spread doesn't really seem that close... I was really hoping there was some info to be gleaned from the numbers listed under the bar code.

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Originally posted by Greymann:
If you have the original grips check the date clock. That will help you to narrow it down a little.
The magazines have a date clock too.

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Originally posted by stoic-one:

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Originally posted by Greymann:
If you have the original grips check the date clock. That will help you to narrow it down a little.
The magazines have a date clock too.

I'd go with the clock on the grips if you have the originals. If you have older dovetail magazines with witness holes on the back, they wont have a date clock on them.

I'm guessing this weapon doesn't have proof date letter codes on the chin of the slide?

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Originally posted by BuddyChryst:
I was unaware that there were German made P229s. My impression (right or wrong) was that P229s were made in the US. At least the slides, frames could be otherwise.

Anyway, my best guess would be ‘01 +/- a year. It’s not definitive but if you look at the serials, the letters generally seem to indicate date, up to a point. Roughly, AC-‘93 AD-‘94, AE-‘95, etc. This seems to get lost around 2000, especially at AM. But based on this, my guess would be 2000-2002 for your AL.

This grips won’t tell you anything for sure either, but assuming they’re original to the pistol, the pistol wasn’t out of the factory before that date.

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229C-357-B

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Originally posted by BuddyChryst:
I was unaware that there were German made P229s. My impression (right or wrong) was that P229s were made in the US. At least the slides, frames could be otherwise.

Anyway, my best guess would be ‘01 +/- a year. It’s not definitive but if you look at the serials, the letters generally seem to indicate date, up to a point. Roughly, AC-‘93 AD-‘94, AE-‘95, etc. This seems to get lost around 2000, especially at AM. But based on this, my guess would be 2000-2002 for your AL.

This grips won’t tell you anything for sure either, but assuming they’re original to the pistol, the pistol wasn’t out of the factory before that date.