Serial numbers in pictures

[beardog308]

Not worrying about nitwits. Worry about people that engrave on home builds.

I am a *****

[beardog308]

ima *****

[The Gleam]

This one is not necessarily true. Targeted theft of vehicles is a very real thing. It's just that it doesn't typically apply to many vehicles. Typically

Didn't say that; they don't have a specific wish to steal my car because they found out I own it by checking it's VIN number to track it down.

[gtarifa74]

I don't see any harm , but why take a chance? You never know who is on that other end

[meno377]

Ok here is my question. Should I block serial number in pictures of weapons I list for sale or not.

I understand it can be a privacy issue but is there any info that the average nit-wit is going to get from the serial number being shown.

Thanks for input

Unless you have a specific benefit of publicizing your serial numbers, why else would you do it? I wouldn't recommend it. IMO.

[The Gleam]

Unless you have a specific benefit of publicizing your serial numbers, why else would you do it? I wouldn't recommend it. IMO.

There are so many arguments against, but nobody has yet to post a good reason as to why you WOULD include serial numbers.

Someone name one benefit to the owner of the gun, a single one. What is gained? What is derived? Unless the owner is specifically posting photos in requesting a board offer valuation or historical information/verification, name a single advantage otherwise to the owner?

Not a one.

[russ69]

• Nobody wants to track me down because of my car, just because it's a car.

If your argument is that you don't want the state to know you have guns, then ALL your firearms would have to been purchased without going through any state or federal paperwork. I'm guessing that is not the case except for some old timer that has one gun that he bought way back in the day.

...Unless the owner is specifically posting photos in requesting a board offer valuation or historical information/verification, name a single advantage otherwise to the owner?
Not a one.

The serial numbers can be very important, for example early serial number Springfield rifles are unsafe to shoot so you need to know the serial number to determine if it's safe or not.


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[CSACANNONEER]

I don't usually go around posting pics of SNs because, for the most part, they are not relevant. However, like russ69 just pointed out, sometimes they can very important either for safety concerns or for historical purposes. Here's an example of one of the few times I've posted a SN: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s....php?t=1135839.

[CinnamonBear723]

Mostly I think it's a paranoid, tin foil hat kinda deal. I've shared serial numbers on this website many times without issue. You can play the "what if" game all day long with anything in life. Chances are pretty slim that aliens will come down and use ur number for a home build.

[Marauder2003]

No serial numbers in pics of my guns. No shots of my license plates. On my web site of old IBM stuff I remove SSN from the images on punch cards. Granted, the person listed on a 1942 W2 card is probably dead but a SSN is potentially useful anytime.

[russ69]

Mostly I think it's a paranoid, tin foil hat kinda deal...

The paranoia is high on most gun websites. I was curious if anyone knows of a documented case where a serial number was used for a nefarious purpose?

[jeffyhog]

I look at it like any social media issue. If there's no benefit to showing the serial number, why show it?. The less personal information you put out there the better. Time after time, people find that too much information displayed comes back to haunt them.

[Killer Bee]

Mostly I think it's a paranoid, tin foil hat kinda deal. I've shared serial numbers on this website many times without issue. You can play the "what if" game all day long with anything in life. Chances are pretty slim that aliens will come down and use ur number for a home build.

exactly..

not going out of my way to billboard serial numbers but also not going out of my way to hide them.. nothing in my collection was acquired questionably or illegally so I'm really no overly concerned about what some miscreant might be able to do with a serial number that is probably stamped on hundreds of different models of guns out there.. so who gives a rats butt if some basement dwelling troll decides to roll one of my serial numbers on his his home build? there is nary an ounce of concern that I would lose a dispute over the validity of any of my gun's factory rolled serial numbers or that I would even be confronted by law enforcement about it in the first place..

and folks selling guns that are not willing to divulge the serial number are suspicious to me.. planning on grinding it off before I buy it?

case in point, the serial number below I entered in the Colt lookup returned 42 possibilities, just from Colt.. how many other guns do y'all think may have that number? hint: that is a serial number of another make and model gun I own..

http://www.colt.com/CustomerServices/SerialNumberLookup.aspx

Firearm Serial Number Lookup - Year of Manufacture

Enter Serial Number to search the database.

14251

Search Database
19741971 1851 NAVY MODEL .36 CALIBER
1961PYTHON MODEL
1958TROOPER MODEL & .357 MODEL
1942COMMANDO
1940OFFICIAL POLICE .22 CALIBER MODEL
1935OFFICERS MODEL
1933SUPER .38 MODEL INCLUDING SUPER MATCH .38
1920WOODSMAN .22 AUTOMATIC
1919MODEL 1911 MILITARY
1915"POLICE POSITIVE .22 TARGET, MODELS G & C"
19131908 HAMMERLESS .380
1912MODEL 1911 MILITARY
1909POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL & DETECTIVE SPECIAL
19091908 HAMMERLESS .25
1907MODEL 1902 (MILITARY) INCLUDING M1903 (HAMMER) POCKET FROM 1918-29 (.38 CALIBER)
1907POLICE POSITIVE .38
1907MODEL 1902 SPORTING
1905NEW SERVICE & SHOOTING MASTER & 1917
19041903 HAMMERLESS .32
1902NEW POLICE .32 & NEW POLICE TARGET
1900NEW POCKET MODEL
1894"NEW ARMY & NAVY MODELS 1892,94,95,96,1901 & 03"
18911889 NAVY
1890LIGHTNING MAGAZINE RIFLE-SMALL FRAME .22RF
1886MEDIUM FRAME MODEL
18851878 FRONTIER REVOLVER
18821878 HAMMER SHOTGUN
1882NEW HOUSE .38 & .41 (.32 RARE)
1879MODEL 1877 LIGHTNING REVOLVER (.38) & THUNDERER (.41)
1878NEW LINE .32 POCKET
1876NEW LINE .22 POCKET
1874OPEN TOP POCKET MODEL .22
1874SINGLE ACTION ARMY & BISLEY REVOLVERS
18701855 SIDEHAMMER .31 CALIBER
18631861 NAVY
1862MODEL 1862 POLICE AND POCKET PISTOL OF NAVY CALIBER (.36)
18611860 ARMY (.44 CALIBER)
18561855 SIDEHAMMER .28 CALIBER
18553RD MODEL DRAGOON
18521851 NAVY (.36 CALIBER)
1850BABY DRAGOON
18501849 POCKET (.36 CALIBER)

[heidad01]

Too many scumbags on the interwebs. Better safe than sorry. I always cover the Ser#. If the number is of significance to show that the gun was manufactured in certain years, show the first few significant digits and cover the rest.

[toddh]

I routinely write down all the serial numbers of guns I see pictures of while visiting forums.

That information along the information of the threads, and member list from each of the forums that I visit, is then forwarded to various government agencies that monitor internet gun trafficking.

It helps keep our communities safe, and it's for the children.



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