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Pete Ebbink · 08-04-2006, 04:23 PM

Hi Ron,

What are your thoughts about the "why & when" of 3-digit serial numbing of small parts came to be ?

I have heard three theories :

1. A 3-digit part is a replacement.

2. 3-digit parts started being stamped (versus 2-digits) when the commerical serial numbering rolled over into the 5-digit range.

3. When DWM may have had more than 100 guns running through their production line at the same time; the 3-digit parts were so stamped to keep them separate and matched to the other parts belonging to a 2-digit gun. For example... let's say one week guns # 2510 through # 2620 were being produced. Gun # 2510 would have its small parts commerically stamped as "10" while gun number # 2610 would have its small parts commericall stamped as "610"...so they would not get mixed up during that batch run.

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08-04-2006, 04:23 PM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Hi Ron, What are your thoughts about the "why & when" of 3-digit serial numbing of small parts came to be ? I have heard three theories : 1. A 3-digit part is a replacement. 2. 3-digit parts started being stamped (versus 2-digits) when the commerical serial numbering rolled over into the 5-digit range. 3. When DWM may have had more than 100 guns running through their production line at the same time; the 3-digit parts were so stamped to keep them separate and matched to the other parts belonging to a 2-digit gun. For example... let's say one week guns # 2510 through # 2620 were being produced. Gun # 2510 would have its small parts commerically stamped as "10" while gun number # 2610 would have its small parts commericall stamped as "610"...so they would not get mixed up during that batch run.