obscured manufacturer name

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There is some serious federal law about altering or obscuring serial numbers...but...

A pistol manufactured before WWII has the name of the manufacturer crosshatched off of the top of the slide. My guess is that this was done by the resistance or the Russians later. The serial numbers are clear and unaltered.

Is this a concern?

Thank you.

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Federal laws only address the firearm's serial number. [18 USC 922(k)]

CA laws address the firearm's make, model, serial number, and other identifying marks. [PC 23900, 23920, & 23925]





18 USC 922
(k) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to transport, ship, or receive, in interstate or foreign commerce, any firearm which has had the importer’s or manufacturer’s serial number removed, obliterated, or altered or to possess or receive any firearm which has had the importer’s or manufacturer’s serial number removed, obliterated, or altered and has, at any time, been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

Penal Code 23900
Any person who changes, alters, removes, or obliterates the name of the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or other mark of identification, including any distinguishing number or mark assigned by the Department of Justice, on any pistol, revolver, or any other firearm, without first having secured written permission from the department to make that change, alteration, or removal shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

Penal Code 23920
Except as provided in Section 23925, any person who, with knowledge of any change, alteration, removal, or obliteration described in this section, buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in possession any pistol, revolver, or other firearm that has had the name of the maker or model, or the manufacturer's number or other mark of identification, including any distinguishing number or mark assigned by the Department of Justice, changed, altered, removed, or obliterated, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Penal Code 23925
Section 23920 does not apply to any of the following:
(a) The acquisition or possession of a firearm described in Section 23920 by any member of the military forces of this state or of the United States, while on duty and acting within the scope and course of employment.
(b) The acquisition or possession of a firearm described in Section 23920 by any peace officer described in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, while on duty and acting within the scope and course of employment.
(c) The acquisition or possession of a firearm described in Section 23920 by any employee of a forensic laboratory, while on duty and acting within the scope and course of employment.
(d) The possession and disposition of a firearm described in Section 23920 by a person who meets all of the following:
(1) The person is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm.
(2) The person possessed the firearm no longer than was necessary to deliver it to a law enforcement agency for that agency's disposition according to law.
(3) If the person is transporting the firearm, the person is transporting it to a law enforcement agency in order to deliver it to the agency for the agency's disposition according to law.
(4) If the person is transporting the firearm to a law enforcement agency, the person has given prior notice to the agency that the person is transporting the firearm to that agency for the agency's disposition according to law.
(5) The firearm is transported in a locked container as defined in Section 16850.

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Thank you.


Great to know.

[JDay]

There is some serious federal law about altering or obscuring serial numbers...but...

A pistol manufactured before WWII has the name of the manufacturer crosshatched off of the top of the slide. My guess is that this was done by the resistance or the Russians later. The serial numbers are clear and unaltered.

Is this a concern?

Thank you.

Isn't the CZ logo clearly visible in a few places on that slide?