[Bjack]

If the number belonged to a deceased individual, it means nothing. Put the tinfoil hat away and enjoy the guns for their history.

Bill

If the number belonged to a deceased individual, it means nothing. Put the tinfoil hat away and enjoy the guns for their history.

Bill

not sure what your saying or who your saying it to, so maybe you can clarify it.

 

[satkinson]

Not quite right. If you engraved it on a possession and it was then stolen AND you reported the loss and provided the number engraved on it, the NCIC report generated would note it had whatever you reported on it. Yes, trying to report it as "SSAN of CWH engraved" wouldn't help much, but "Has owner's SSAN of ABC-DE-FGHI", that would allow ID.

Any random number you made up would work just as well in that case.

 

[Clyde]

Any random number you made up would work just as well in that case.

Indeed.

 

[lonegunman]

Idiots used to do that all the time, low IQ people do not realize that most guns already have a unique serial number stamped on them. My favorite idiot had a class A engraved N-frame S&W that he used a 2 dollar engraver to grind his SSAN into the side of it. When the moron figured out it was valuable he tried to sell it for retail plus since his work didn't effect the value.

 

[Sumredneck]

A little history on both.

The Walther. Wife's dad was a WW2 veteran. Took the pistol off of a captured German officer (this is what my wife remembers directly from him). The Colt is a very interesting story. Wife's mom's aunt was a court reporter in New Mexico back in the 30's. She was a single woman and wanted something for protection. She asked. the judge she worked with for help and he told her to go back to the property room and find something she liked.. We have no idea on what crime was committed with the Colt, but an interesting story non the less.
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To the right Politician would pay handsomely for that vote. I'd personally just leave them be unless selling them. SSN are valuable things really. There's a entire market based on stolen SSN.

 

[Mike in Texas]

I’ll repost an earlier comment.. I thank everyone for your input. I DO NOT plan on doing anything with the engravings. I am leaving everything as is. My wife’s father would have been just under 100 years old if he were still alive. His SSN is useless at this point.

 

[Hawkbeek]

That's what I do if it has a problem already that is going to retract from the value you can't make it worse by refinishing it go for it

 

[strom19]

There's only one cold bluing I trust and had successfully duplicated the Weatherbys bluing, that is Blue Wonder bluing. I've mastered using Blue Wonder over the years that I have even covered SS numbers that No one could tell.

 

[Alanhufstutler]

Good decision leaving them alone. Family history preserved.