Sanitized Luger

[tony k]

John, I've got two 142As and a 142K, all with no serial numbers. That's because they were made from 1949 to 1957. Under the governing federal law at that time, manufacturers were not required to serial-number .22 rimfire rifles and single-barrel shotguns. I guess they were thought of as farm implements rather than weapons LOL!


It wasn't until the mid- to late-1960s that federal law was changed and serial numbers were required for all firearms. (Of course, centerfire rifles, pump shotguns and ALL handguns have always been required to have serial numbers.)


And BTW, unlike handguns, there is no BATF requirement that those .22 rimfires produced before serial numbers were mandatory must now be inscribed with new numbers.


HTH.