Odd Ser #, "Diamonds", Rare?

Orv Reichert · 02-25-2002, 04:35 AM

All I know is that the CII who does the forensic work for the State of Calif. use that CII prefix and a number with the before and after when they apply a number to a gun.[I used to work for a Police Dept in California]

Perhaps the numbers had all been altered..in that case,they would apply the CII number to each location. Naturally, they would not number a gun that had numbers unless they had been altered or obliterated.

I once owned a Mod HP that had been through that process. They renumbered the frame with that exact procedure/marks. We could read the original numbers through the blue on the two other locations [with the proper lighting]

Buxton comments on that procedure in California and other states in his P38 book.

Orv Reichert

02-25-2002, 04:35 AM	#6
Orv Reichert RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SW Washington State Posts: 339 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	response All I know is that the CII who does the forensic work for the State of Calif. use that CII prefix and a number with the before and after when they apply a number to a gun.[I used to work for a Police Dept in California] Perhaps the numbers had all been altered..in that case,they would apply the CII number to each location. Naturally, they would not number a gun that had numbers unless they had been altered or obliterated. I once owned a Mod HP that had been through that process. They renumbered the frame with that exact procedure/marks. We could read the original numbers through the blue on the two other locations [with the proper lighting] Buxton comments on that procedure in California and other states in his P38 book. Orv Reichert