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I've seen it from time to time over the years. Usually they either sell for stupid money to people who think they are getting one over on the man, or they get taken down.
edit: looks like it's already gone. A search of that item number yields no results, or any seller by that name. Where did you see this?
edit: looks like it's already gone. A search of that item number yields no results, or any seller by that name. Where did you see this?
I signed up on ebay because of their gun sales, been nearly 30 years but ebay use to be a good place to find good rifles. Still you can sneak a good deal but they are rare. ebay has almost as many snitches as amazon, this is a whole country of snitches and informants. To think McCarthyism was an evil thing in 1950's and it is a national pastime today.
THunter
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I always believed the frame was the actual “gun”. When I bought a mixmaster luger from a shop they recorded the frames serial number as the pistols serial number?!
Then again there usually isn’t a mfg date on the frame so it’s impossible to tell what year the frame was made. I believe the uninformed will simply record the date on the reciever as the mfg date even though the frame could be off a WW1 produced Luger.
Then again there usually isn’t a mfg date on the frame so it’s impossible to tell what year the frame was made. I believe the uninformed will simply record the date on the reciever as the mfg date even though the frame could be off a WW1 produced Luger.
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whcoyote
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I think that BATF considers any part that bears the s/n to be a ”firearm”. I could be wrong - if so, someone will tell me.
The frame and receiver on a P.08 are two separate parts but, each carries the s/n. The frame is the “bottom half“ and the receiver, with the barrel screwed into it, is considered the “top half”. One can fire a P.08 without the frame attached.
A certain ”serial number” on a P.08 probably appears on a few hundred different pistols. In order to exactly describe an individual pistol you need the s/n, manufacturer and date.
For instance, take the s/n 1234. That number appears on a pistol from each of the manufacturers once a year, because each mfgr. started the numbers at 0 each year. So in a given year, “1234” appears on a pistol from each mfgr. Consider how many years each mfgr. made these and you have an idea of how many pistols carry that number. But. there is only one pistol that is identified as “DWM, no 1234 ,made in 1916”, only one pistol identified as “Mauser no 1234, made in 1937”, etc. K98ks are the same way. If you talk about a Mauser Oberndorf rifle with 1234 stamped on it, there are 13 of them like this, but if you specify the year, there is only one.
The frame and receiver on a P.08 are two separate parts but, each carries the s/n. The frame is the “bottom half“ and the receiver, with the barrel screwed into it, is considered the “top half”. One can fire a P.08 without the frame attached.
A certain ”serial number” on a P.08 probably appears on a few hundred different pistols. In order to exactly describe an individual pistol you need the s/n, manufacturer and date.
For instance, take the s/n 1234. That number appears on a pistol from each of the manufacturers once a year, because each mfgr. started the numbers at 0 each year. So in a given year, “1234” appears on a pistol from each mfgr. Consider how many years each mfgr. made these and you have an idea of how many pistols carry that number. But. there is only one pistol that is identified as “DWM, no 1234 ,made in 1916”, only one pistol identified as “Mauser no 1234, made in 1937”, etc. K98ks are the same way. If you talk about a Mauser Oberndorf rifle with 1234 stamped on it, there are 13 of them like this, but if you specify the year, there is only one.
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Absolut
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I remember many years ago being on the lookout for an early Springfield 1903 rifle stock. Then one day there was an eBay listing for one with the handguard modified for the scope base for the Winchester A5 scope base, both scope bases, and the Lyman 48C long slide rear sight (and the stock inletted for it too). The description said this stock is from rifle number XXX.XXX. I messaged the seller and asked how comes he knows it is from this particular serial. He replied that is because he still has the barreled action. Long story short, I ended up winning the auction (expensive for a stock, but was the only bidder for the high starting price) and he sold me the barreled action atop … 