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[sealocan]

Those little barcodes squares can hold a heck of a lot of information but what on Earth could they possibly be listing there other than

what plant it was made at,
if there's more than one making that type of revolver.

who made the frame

who put it all together

date of manufacturer

maybe who did the test shooting

where was going to be shipped

and of course re listing of the gun serial number.


I know there are federal laws against removing serial numbers but I don't think they're written to include barcodes.
but I'm not a lawyer so I don't know for sure.

Maybe you should write a letter saying, you don't want "the mark of Satan" on your pistol, in the style of a old timey fire and brimstone preacher.

[FalconLair]

wth

[9mmContagion]

Those hold a key to a whole new world. We use them to track medical instruments. It can tell us material lot numbers of each component, which operator performed which operation, Revisions, inspections serial/lot numbers, purchaser, etc. This info is moot to the end user, but if you ever need warranty or recall work, this info is very helpful to the manufacturer. It provides direct connection to an employee who may have failed an inspection causing a failure in the field.

[Two Nuggets]

Looks like a QR code. Scan it with your smart phone. See what it says.

[sealocan]

A Data Matrix symbol, the kind like is on the gun, can store up to 2,335 alphanumeric ( numbers and letters) characters.

So basically everything that could be known about that revolver and it's manufacturing process could be stored there.

[onelonehorseman]

Wow, never saw that on a gun before. I suspect that is for S&W's reference if the gun ever returns for a failure or repair. It may includes data on material batches and drawings revisions for key parts, as well as the obvious model data.

Or it could just say "Made in America by XXXXX"

[skosh69]

Like other's said, it contains all the manufacturing info.

OBTW, I couldn't resist......

Bar code:



QR Code:

[Robotron2k84]

From your pic:

It's not recognized as a commercial QR code, they might have their own way of encoding the data.

Sigs have stickers with QR codes, too.

[Rifle ronin]

Use an app and scan it and see what's there...

[Barbarosa]

It's a smart chip that the government can use to deactivate your gun with the flick of a switch.

[Skip_Dog]

I will need to check my new guns and get to the bottom of this. Maybe they store the ballistics so if they police get ahold of it they can check it in the databases that are very cheap to hold information.

[JTROKS]

Seen it on Colt 1911 M45A1.

['ol shooter]

"It's the way of the future, the way of the future, the way of the future."

[rmnc3r]

OP photo is a QR(-type) Code

S/N and Bar Code insert molded into my early model Sigma SW40V - 19-20(?) years old