is my serial number different because it was made in Taiwan, not Japan? Has anyoen deciphered this? do we need more purple smokes to compare?
Late 1980s, early 1990s Taiwanese models:
Sometime in the late 1980s, Centurion / Diamondback started sourcing Taiwanese manufacturers for some of their lower level models. The format varies somewhat and I have a limited number of samples, but in all cases the first number appears to represent the year of manufacture. The serial numbers vary from 6 to 9 characters in length and may, or may not, include a letter as the first character.