serial number placement question and transfer paperwork

John Sabato · 12-28-2011, 10:35 AM

...and please don't forget that if there is an alphabet letter character as a suffix under the number on the frame (just above the front of the trigger guard) that it is an integral part of the serial number... (e.g., 2197 u )

There may be many pistols marked 2197 in any given year of manufacture, but only a single specimen would be marked as the example. The "u" indicates that the gun was 2197th pistol manufactured in the 21st production run of serial numbers for that manufacturing year...

MFC · 12-28-2011, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Sabato

The "u" indicates that the gun was 2197th pistol manufactured in the 21st production run of serial numbers for that manufacturing year...

Actually it is the 22nd... the first 10,000 don't have a suffix.
Your friendly nit picker.

12-28-2011, 10:35 AM	#1
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