Well, read my post. Is it two M or two C? I simply don't understand hiding your numbers. It's important for dating gun and parts. We've all shown numbers and nothing has happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossy
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Well, read my post. Is it two M or two C? I simply don't understand hiding your numbers. It's important for dating gun and parts. We've all shown numbers and nothing has happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossy
Looks like a nice WWII era receiver, with various mixed parts, a nice looking "service grace" M1.
Enjoy!
Browning, I read your post. Still don't get the 2 M or 2 C. Anyway, this is the receiver as I have no idea why I should hide the numbers. I've had a couple guys tell me it's a good idea. That's the only reason I hid them.
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The reason (as handed down by internet folklore) is so that someone online doesn't see your full serial number, report the gun as stolen and then try to get the police to recover it from you and give it "back" to them. Kinda daft really, and I'm not sure anyone can point to a legitimate case where this has actually happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossy
Thank you boatbod. I had no idea why this was practiced. I have proof of all my purchases so I guess it's a moot point to hide them. Now I have one less step to post pics.
It is practiced in all sorts of forums. It is pretty much the standard in musical instrument forums, for instance.
Bob
I've been a cop for years also and never have I seen this to be an issue. All that was done was Mossy Photo Shop copied the 0 M1 from the second line "CAL .30 M1" and pasted it over the back end of the serial number.
(Cop only four years here when I was a young 'un and had all I wanted of it in the Big City) :lol:
Yes, that's the internet folklore as boatbod said --
All you'd need to do is create a completely fake bill of sale from a fake person, or another real person who would go in with you on a scam to defraud a federal firearms purchase you didn't make, and then turn it in to your local PD to create a police report so they could investigate the claim. :lol:
Good work on the Photoshop Bill - I use Photoshop all the time and didn't pick up what I was seeing.
Nice Carbine, enjoy it.
Pardon? It's a rifle...Quote:
Originally Posted by Amsdorf
Now, we're so far from the original question...If you don't disclose the numbers (or what?) then we don't know when it was produced so we can't help you with anything. It was hard to tell whether it was a 2 hundred thousand or 2 million and that was the point. Big difference.
At this point in the whole thing, I wish I hadn't tried to confirm anything in the first place. Maybe I'll just let somebody else do it. I'm busy.