ok, found an old shotgun as i was helping clean a vacant house.

would it be possible for me to contact a firearms dealer and give them a serial number and make sure that there are no problems associated with the gun?

other ideas on how to handle this?

1/24/2007 9:34:19 AM

Contact the po po.

1/24/2007 9:34:51 AM

you contact the popo and they are prob going to want the gun

1/24/2007 11:08:31 AM

just file it off.

1/24/2007 11:09:59 AM

Ask the police to trace the S/N.

1/24/2007 11:27:34 AM

the manufacturer isnt going to know if the gun has any problems based on serial number

you could however get an idea of the age of the gun

and all the cops are going to know based on a serial number was if the gun was bought legally and still owned legally, or if was stolen at some point

1/24/2007 11:34:09 AM

^no shit?!

i never said anything about mfg

by problems i meant if the gun were stolen, registered, legal, etc

age of the gun dont make a shit

1/24/2007 1:43:44 PM

The cops can run it to make sure nothing illegal is going on, but if it was me, I'd keep it. As long as you don't shoot anyone with it, no one's the wiser.

1/27/2007 12:51:48 PM

You're the proud new owner of a saturday night special. Consider it a disposable gun for use on a rainy day.

[Edited on January 27, 2007 at 2:07 PM. Reason : and by rainy day, I mean to shoot crack dealers.]

[Edited on January 27, 2007 at 2:08 PM. Reason : and for gods sake don't file it off(it's a felony). you can play dumb if it turns out to be stolen.]

1/27/2007 2:06:26 PM

chop that shit down

1/27/2007 2:16:07 PM

Also a felony.

1/27/2007 2:19:43 PM

not a felony if you don't get caught.

bury it or hide it in a safe place - only for use when its time for the revolution

when the gov. comes to our houses to confiscate our guns we'll need unregistered weapons for self defense

power to the people!

[Edited on January 27, 2007 at 3:44 PM. Reason : s]

1/27/2007 3:43:38 PM

^
Or if you keep the barrel (as measured from the breechface) over 18".

1/27/2007 6:36:18 PM

Quote :

"not a felony if you don't get caught. bury it or hide it in a safe place - only for use when its time for the revolution when the gov. comes to our houses to confiscate our guns we'll need unregistered weapons for self defense power to the people! "

hell yeah! preach it brotha!

1/27/2007 7:40:21 PM

8=========D totally got me riled up. I'm so buying a gun now.

1/27/2007 8:27:32 PM

you hear that "BIG BROTHER"??? i gots me a regerlar army over here so don't come knowckin on any o these north cackalacky doors ya hear

1/27/2007 8:35:36 PM

^^^^

Cover your ass, measure from the bolt face.

Fucking ATF.

1/28/2007 3:13:08 AM

Quote :

"You're the proud new owner of a saturday night special."

No he's not. Saturday Night Special's are handguns. Shotguns are not handguns.

1/28/2007 9:34:35 AM

in case you have a real ass, chamber a shell as long as the gun will take, be that 2.34/3 inch, ect, then make sure the barrel is long enough form the front of the shell. Some of the cocksuckers will use this method to try and fuck you over. And even a legal gun is damn hard tog et back in one piece once they sieze it as 'evidence'

1/28/2007 1:20:17 PM

^ yeah getting a gun back is a royal pain in the ass

1/28/2007 1:38:10 PM

^^^
UNLESS IT HAS A PISTOL GRIP LOLOLOLOL



That reminds me, isn't a shotpistol technically legal if it has straight-cut rifling?

1/28/2007 11:30:43 PM

FILE IT OFF

1/28/2007 11:56:04 PM

The way ATF measures barrel is to close the action, put a cleaning rod down the muzzle to to breech face and mark the rod, then measure to the mark. anything else is bullshit, and stupid if you are using a live round. how many cops carry dummies? keep an extra half an inch on there so its plainly obvious if you cut it down


Id call a dealer, and let them call the popo, if its hot they will want it on the spot, since its stolen property.

[Edited on January 29, 2007 at 12:01 AM. Reason : 65]

1/29/2007 12:00:14 AM

on a similar note, instead of starting a new thread.

We found a gun at my great Grandfather's house after he died a couple years ago. It looks to be from World War I time period. It has 1911 stamped in it, either a model number or possible model year or something like that. It also appears to have a name on it in Italian that none of my family can understand. How would one go about identifying this gun? We've tried internet stuff, but none of it seems to provide any results...... any ideas???

1/29/2007 8:53:29 PM

^sounds like an old 45acp

what words are on it?


might be a cool ass pistol to have

Quote :

"not a felony if you don't get caught. bury it or hide it in a safe place - only for use when its time for the revolution when the gov. comes to our houses to confiscate our guns we'll need unregistered weapons for self defense power to the people"

THATS WHAT I'M SAYIN YO

1/30/2007 12:17:24 AM

1911 is also a model of springfield armory guns.

but it would be cool if you found a gun from 1911

1/30/2007 6:59:13 PM

Well, don't confuse the original Springfield Armory founded by George Washington, for the new Armory of the same name.

Quote :

"In 1974, the Springfield Armory brand name was purchased by Robert Reese, who formed a new company to manufacture M1A rifles. This company, now owned and operated by Reese's sons, manufactures a wide array of firearms under the Springfield Armory name. However, the company is not located near the former armory site; it is now in Geneseo, Illinois."

Old school surplus militaria will be the original Springfield Armory ordnance. Post 70s era items, like the XD9/40/45 and 1911s are the modern Springfield Armory products.

Don't get me wrong, the Geneseo plant makes some sexy ordnance too, but it's apples and oranges when comparing values.

My Springer 1911 Marine Operator:



If that is a GI 1911, it's probably worth a good amount more than my new one.

1/30/2007 11:09:39 PM

pm if either of you want to sell said found guns

1/30/2007 11:13:31 PM

lotta companies make 1911s


Colt 1911


S&W



Kimber 1911

i think Colt had the first one though it was invented by John Browning

just another reason why Browning is the shit

1/30/2007 11:16:30 PM

yeah its the style, not the brand... 1911s are all over the place. they were just introduced in 1911.

1/30/2007 11:18:59 PM

if its real old i'd guess its a Colt

1/30/2007 11:26:08 PM

I guess I didn't specify in my first post...

This gun I'm attempting to identify is a Rifle. Light colored wood stock. I'll get pictures next time I'm at my parents house.

1/31/2007 9:10:22 AM

anybody have any comments on Barrett 50 BMGs?

1/31/2007 5:22:17 PM

Quote :

"No he's not. Saturday Night Special's are handguns. Shotguns are not handguns."

More specifically, they are dirt cheap handguns that may or may not fire and may or may not blow up in your hand.

As far as the "if it's hot the police are going to confiscate it" comments I've got to say that if it's hot you should want the police to confiscate it. If someone stole your shit you would hope that it might be returned one day too.

1/31/2007 5:55:53 PM

Sounds like a 1903 Springfield, is it a bolt action rifle or semi auto? Could be an MLE, could be a lot of things.

1/31/2007 6:23:52 PM

Bolt

and off the top of my head, I don't remember there being any sort of Magazine with it.... of course, I wasn't looking for one, it appears to be too old to fire without damaging it, or us..

[Edited on February 1, 2007 at 12:02 PM. Reason : .]

2/1/2007 12:01:18 PM

Quote :

"yeah its the style, not the brand... 1911s are all over the place. they were just introduced in 1911."

We have John Moses Browning to thank for that.

http://www.m1911.org/browning.htm

2/1/2007 12:06:00 PM

TreeTwista10, Barretts are nice, but if you just want a .50 rifle to fuck around with, there are a lot of cheaper (and equally accurate) bolt-action single-shot and magazine-fed options out there.

2/1/2007 12:53:22 PM

i know there are definitely cheaper 50s but i dont know if theres a more accurate semi auto than a barrett

2/1/2007 1:00:06 PM

There are semiautomatic .50s besides Barretts?

2/2/2007 12:00:38 AM

uh i dont really know

i guess what i meant is the barrett m92 is supposedly more accurate than a large number of bolt 50s

2/2/2007 12:32:04 AM

Nope, definitely not. Plenty of the bolt-actions go down into fractional MOA range, but the M82 is only a ~1MOA gun. Which is plenty accurate, considering that it's primarily an anti-materiel rifle.

2/2/2007 7:16:32 AM

Accuracy Intl. is working on a semi auto .50, It may have been released at the SHOT show

2/2/2007 7:22:28 AM

Accuracy Intl is testing the AS 50 for release. Futureweapons covered it a week or so ago, which I thought was odd, considering most of their 'future' weapons are just shit nobody knew about that's been out for years, like the MP7 PDW.

2/2/2007 4:21:23 PM

Future Weapons is trash.

SEAL my ass, guy can't even handle an AR. :rolleyes:

2/2/2007 4:30:11 PM

does anyone know how to figure out Sig serial numbers?

2/2/2007 4:37:04 PM

Quote :

"anybody have any comments on Barrett 50 BMGs?"

I used to have a Barrett model 95 (bolt w/ a mag) kick is about that of a 12ga. with slugs is the closest I can compare it to. very big, very heavy, ungainly. mine was around 25-26 lbs loaded with scope. great if you have to make an accurate 1 mile kill shot. since I don't and never will have to do that, I sold it. got an older Robar .308 QR2 with a folding stock. not really in the same realm, but much better suited to my needs

2/2/2007 5:57:08 PM

^^ easiest way is to call sig

There is a dated proof mark on the bottom front of the slide but it's not part of the sn.

A B C D E F G H J K
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
So JJ means 1988 and KF means 1995

2/3/2007 1:04:51 PM