alphabet soup

HerrKaiser · 07-25-2018, 05:46 PM

The “code” is that the pistols were made in blocks of 9,999 (some say 10,000). After that, they would start over with a letter. So the first block would be sn 1-9999. Then they would start over from 1a-9999a. Repeating through the alphabet as far as they could go in a year. So, as I understand it, there should be pistols from 1908-1918 all marked serial number 100 (for example). If I am wrong, someone(s) please correct me. Hopefully this helped and we can answer your question. If not, I’m sure that somehweres in the FAQ page there are better and more detailed explanations of this.

07-25-2018, 05:46 PM	#2
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 887 Thanks: 835 Thanked 897 Times in 434 Posts	The “code” is that the pistols were made in blocks of 9,999 (some say 10,000). After that, they would start over with a letter. So the first block would be sn 1-9999. Then they would start over from 1a-9999a. Repeating through the alphabet as far as they could go in a year. So, as I understand it, there should be pistols from 1908-1918 all marked serial number 100 (for example). If I am wrong, someone(s) please correct me. Hopefully this helped and we can answer your question. If not, I’m sure that somehweres in the FAQ page there are better and more detailed explanations of this. __________________ -QM