Well I think I'll try to take it (the 27-2) back to the pawn shop tomorrow. I don't like any doubt about a gun's S/N and I hope they understand. After what you said, I noticed on the receipt they had the S/N wrong (missing the last digit), so if they did run that number through any system, it would not pull up the right data.

I also searched for that serial number legality thread but did not find it. Perhaps I suck at searching, but I'd be interested in that info.

Thanks for the discussion. You've helped me decide what to do.

-Eric