strange serial number

alanint · 07-14-2013, 07:29 PM

This pistol may have belonged to an agency, post or other entity who received two pistols with the same serial number from other sources. They may have added the "/2" to differentiate the first pistol from the second in inventory. (Remember, most groups did not really see the letter suffix as an integral part of the serial number back then).

Dwight Gruber · 07-18-2013, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by alanint

...Remember, most groups did not really see the letter suffix as an integral part of the serial number back then...

I'm very curious to know whence comes your information for drawing this conclusion? The letter suffix requirement is stringent, and is included in the marking requirements for P08 manufacture. The anomalous post-manufacture compensations for serial number problems I am familiar with account for the letter suffix in some manner.

--Dwight

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07-14-2013, 07:29 PM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	This pistol may have belonged to an agency, post or other entity who received two pistols with the same serial number from other sources. They may have added the "/2" to differentiate the first pistol from the second in inventory. (Remember, most groups did not really see the letter suffix as an integral part of the serial number back then).