Unknown Marking

[SC in NC]

I recently purchased a 1911. It has a Ithaca Slide and a Colt frame.

Where the serial number should be is labeled LCSD 1XX.

Does anyone have an idea what LCSD stands for or has anyone seen one like this?

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[oldcanuck]

Obviously not the original serial number, which could be a BIG problem. Unless it has been re-numberd by some Law Enforcement Agency, and can be proven as such, it is ILLEGAL to own an altered serial number gun.

[Dutchman]

I'd bet $5 it's a sheriff's department like Lincoln County Sheriff's Dept., North Carolina. LCSD.

Give them a call and ask them if they ever did this to a handgun. If they did one.. they did more than one.

Check a county map of North Carolina and see if there are any other L-counties.

I wouldn't be real concerned about it not being the original number. Things aren't always so black & white on such matters. It now has a distinctive serial number. At the least it fulfills lawful requirement, possibly in a roundabout way.

Dutch

[jmoore]

Unless ATF knows about it, its "verboten". Even Pre-'68 stuff.

"Make" your own frame and S/N however you like- no problem
Pre-'68 pistol that never had a S/N - no problem
As above, but w/ S/N added- no problem ("lunch box" 1911s fall into these catagories)
S/N defaced/removed- problem!
S/N defaced but reapplied- problem!
S/N defaced but new S/N added-problem!
S/N defaced but new S/N added after ATF approval- no problem-if you have the letter...