[Edward Tinker]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Craig:
<strong>Gentlemen
I'm just a dumb farmboy from South Dakota so I asked someone who is a lot smarter than me. The serial number given by the seller is
Ref: I have been told not to give out the whole number via the net
however it is four digits starting with 14xx if you have any questions
send me your phone number and I will call you..

Is this OK: I was told no!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Craig, many times a person is afraid to give the serial number out in a public forum. I think it is more for dealers than collectors, i.e. a dealer shows number 3456a and a guy buys it, takes his mismatched part off and replaces it with the good part from the dealer, returns the gun and now has a non-mismatch and the dealer was stuck...

I don't know how often this has actually happened, but once would be enough to make a dealer leery.

Ed