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What HP do I have? Six Digit SN. What Year? Silesia marked

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#1 ·
OK, I'm a newbie here...referred from THR. Hope someone can answer my question.
Recently aquired a FN marked HP with Silesia stamp on LF trigger guard. 143,6xx SN on barrel, slide, and frame. Liege (pinnaple) proof, Nitro proof (PV), and U w/ a star over it on barrel. PV and U proofs also on RS trigger guard. Internal extractor, mag disconnect, no thumbprint, etc. No pics at present but hope to post later. Anything else needed to help identify? Thanks!!
 
#6 ·
Best information I have on hand says that starting sometime in 1964, serial numbers added the "T" prefix, and that the non-prefix numbers ended in early 1964 at 115,823. Based on that, it looks like your gun would have been perhaps '63 or '64.
 
#8 ·
Best information I have on hand says that starting sometime in 1964, serial numbers added the "T" prefix, and that the non-prefix numbers ended in early 1964 at 115,823. Based on that, it looks like your gun would have been perhaps '63 or '64.
Sounds about right to me. Concealed extractor, but no knuckle and no dished-out area on the left side of the slide. The change to an external extractor officially took place in 1962, but I have seen quite a few "transitional" types around the time the change was made.