MAYBE if you worked for the ATF and it hasn't passed through to private hands with a wide speriod in between...
I say N instead of a number, in my state it's 10 (Illinois)
FFL->FFL, FFL->Private, also recorded/reported (phone call with details/approval). Private->Private recorded and mostly not reported back and they have a shelf life of N years and then often destroyed (its like gun owner religion) . There has been recent "if sold at gunshow laws" that require a seller to call if physically at the GUNSHOW. They will refuse to record the sale if you are not PHYSICALLY at the gunshow. You can do the math on that one.
So if I gun is used in a crime. Manufacture to FFL, FFL-FFL/Person tracked, if that person sold the gun less the N years ago he SHOULD have a record of who he sold it to, if over N years, it could have been sold and recorded a many times but who knows who's doing it?
A serial number is a unique number that is used for inventory and identification purposes. Serial numbers allow a company to identify a product and find information about it.
The Model 10 has always used serial numbers.
it think you will find the long gun of the calvary at the little big horn were carbines, not rifles...
Prime numbers are used to find the LCM of numbers Prime numbers are used to find the HCF of numbers Prime numbers are used to simplify fractions Prime numbers are used to find the LCD of fractions
If you can find a list of serial numbers associated with manufacturing, yes
THIS IS AN OLD BELGIUM GUN COMPANY, WHO NEVER USED SERIAL NUMBERS AS THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED, PROOF MARKS MAY DATE THEM A BIT.
Serial numbers were not exclusive to particular years under the Third Reich, and many serial numbers were used several times over.
the mossberg 185 does not have a serial number, it is out of the time period where serial numbers were not forced to be used
Go here, they lost the serial numbers. http://armscollectors.com/sn/windates.htm sorry, I meant "list" not "lost"
Browning never used the letter B prefix to there serial numbers.
Unknown... Winchester never used "xxx" in their serial numbers.
First you have to determine the make and model. Go to the library stacks and find The Standard Catalog of Firearms. Look through it and all the other books on that shelf until you find its picture. These books will tell you the range of dates this model was manufactured. If the gun has a serial number, you may find a listing that shows the range of serial numbers for each year. Or maybe not. Many old guns did not have serial numbers, some were numbered but the same numbers used several times, and some manufacturers' lists have gone to the recycle bin long ago.