I can't find the serial number
ZO
1) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 77E, 410 guage, 3" chamber, pump
2) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 940A, 410 guage, 3" chamber, single shot.
Can anyone tell me where the SN's are located?
Thanks,
Zito
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"ZO" <Zi...@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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#I can't find the serial number on the following two
#shotguns:
# 1) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 77E, 410 guage, 3" chamber,
# pump
# 2) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 940A, 410 guage, 3" chamber,
# single shot.
# Can anyone tell me where the SN's are located?
#
# Thanks,
# Zito
They may not have serial numbers.
Ken
Gray Ghost
> ...
Firearms made before 1968 are not required to have a serial numner. They go
on the 4473 as NVN (No Visible Number). I bought an old shotgun sans serial
number and that's how I remember it went.
Frank
nick hull
"ZO" <Zi...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
# I can't find the serial number on the following two shotguns:
# 1) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 77E, 410 guage, 3" chamber, pump
# 2) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 940A, 410 guage, 3" chamber, single shot.
# Can anyone tell me where the SN's are located?
MANY older cheaper guns made before 1869 have no serial number, none was
required. Very common in .22s and single shot shotguns.
Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/
.
Sam A. Kersh
#I can't find the serial number on the following two shotguns:
#1) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 77E, 410 guage, 3" chamber, pump
#2) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 940A, 410 guage, 3" chamber, single shot.
#Can anyone tell me where the SN's are located?
#
#Thanks,
The simple answer is they may not have serial numbers. Prior to the GCA of 1968
there was no requirement that firearms be serial numbered. Many older shotguns
and some rifles and handguns are not marked. This really causes my gun shop head
aches when ATF does a compliance visit.
sta...@prolynx.com
# I can't find the serial number on the following two shotguns:
# 1) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 77E, 410 guage, 3" chamber, pump
# 2) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 940A, 410 guage, 3" chamber, single shot.
# Can anyone tell me where the SN's are located?
#
# Thanks,
# Zito
As others have said, pre-'68 shotguns may not have them. I think the
77E, at least, was manufactured after that date and may have one.
Usual places are on the receiver(ALWAYS on the receiver), left or
right hand side, ahead or behind the loading port on the bottom, next
to the trigger guard on either side or next to the barrel on the
front. If you can't find it on the receiver and there's no obvious
grind marks or refinishing, then it doesn't have one and it's
pre-'68. Manufacturers don't hide the serials, ATF gets a little
steamed if they do. At least one copy of it has to be out where it's
visible and it has to be at least the specified size and depth.
Stan
chasw
serial number. Only later did Big Brother require all firearms to be
numbered so they could be registered. - CW
Omelet
# I can't find the serial number on the following two shotguns:
# 1) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 77E, 410 guage, 3" chamber, pump
# 2) Savage Arms Corp, Stevens 940A, 410 guage, 3" chamber, single shot.
# Can anyone tell me where the SN's are located?
#
# Thanks,
# Zito
They may be too old to have required them.
I have yet to asses dad's old rifle collection but with what little I've
done, am running into the same thing.
I need to take a photographic record soon before it's too late.
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