1906 Navy

alanint · 06-05-2012, 11:22 AM

No offense, but, the serial number gives the gun a historical context. It helps establish exact date of manufacture and year in some cases. It may show place and date of issue or assignment to a specific unit. It may establish a start or cut off date for certain features and changes/adaptations in the firearm.
For your purposes, it might help establish value, as some serial blocks are rarer than others.
Nobody here wants to steal your pistol nor do they want to somehow use the serial for some obscure, nefarious purpose. The only interest is historical and serial numbers are offered up freely here on a regular basis. Nobody, to my knowledge, is looking for a lost or stolen Navy.
The only reason I can see for someone to withhold a serial number would be because THEY perhaps have something to hide.

06-05-2012, 11:22 AM	#18
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	No offense, but, the serial number gives the gun a historical context. It helps establish exact date of manufacture and year in some cases. It may show place and date of issue or assignment to a specific unit. It may establish a start or cut off date for certain features and changes/adaptations in the firearm. For your purposes, it might help establish value, as some serial blocks are rarer than others. Nobody here wants to steal your pistol nor do they want to somehow use the serial for some obscure, nefarious purpose. The only interest is historical and serial numbers are offered up freely here on a regular basis. Nobody, to my knowledge, is looking for a lost or stolen Navy. The only reason I can see for someone to withhold a serial number would be because THEY perhaps have something to hide.