Thank you!
Question #1: is there an area of the forum that contains reference articles and such?
My pistol came incomplete- no box or paperwork- and the first thing I’d want to do (like everyone else) is figure out the year of production. I think I kind of figured it out; my number is N67xxxx, and from reading other posts, I believe its a ‘79-80 range gun. I thought there might be a listing of numbers and years- it seems more senior members usually chime in to help, and I wouldn‘t want to be a bother asking if there’s a thread out there.
I‘d like to eventually collect age-specific paperwork and a presentation box for it. On the topic of presentation boxes, is there a thread talking about what style boxes go with what years guns? As I understand it, the 25-2 is an N-frame, with a 6 3/8” barrel. I know boxes will be specific to barrel lengths, but are they to the cylinder on the gun?
And one last rookie query- what sort of grips came on 25-2s from S&W? I believe the gun has the square butt, and the grips that are currently on the gun I don’t believe are stock; of course, I’d like to put the iconic target “coke” grips with the dimple on it when it arrives.
Anyway, thank you for any knowledge you can pass along!
The Bible says the N6xxxxx series serial numbers indicate 1979-1980 production. 
