S&W Letter question.

[fofoguy]

I’m in the process of selling a S&W revolver. I recently bought a Letter for it from the S&W Historical folks.
My name and address is on the letter head.
My question is, do I keep my name and address on the letter or redact it?

 

[mchom]

Just use a sharpie to redact your info

 

[bigwagon]

Even with a sharpie, the original type under it is usually still visible. If you are really paranoid about it, the only way to truly redact is to mark it out and then make a photocopy.

 

[Hair Trigger]

I’m in the process of selling a S&W revolver. I recently bought a Letter for it from the S&W Historical folks.
My name and address is on the letter head.
My question is, do I keep my name and address on the letter or redact it?

Are you talking about redacting it to photo it for an online post, or redacting it when you sell the gun?

When you upload a picture of it to your computer you can use the photo software to blank out what you don't want made public. I did it for the Letters I've posted here and elsewhere.

If you don't want your name to show if you sell the gun and send the letter with it, use an indelible ink (Sharpie will do) but black out both sides of the paper where your name/address is. Plan B would be to cut that section out of the paper. The letters are not typed, so the words should not make impressions in the paper that can be seen.

 

[ken158]

Office supply stores sell a little rubber wheel on a handle pre-inked with squiggly looking marks that you roll over any printing you want redacted.

 

[Club Gun Fan]

I’m in the process of selling a S&W revolver. I recently bought a Letter for it from the S&W Historical folks.
My name and address is on the letter head.
My question is, do I keep my name and address on the letter or redact it?

Send the ORGINAL back to me. Include the new owners name after you sell it. I'll redo the letter with his/her name and mail it out.
Don

 

[gmborkovic]

Wow, what a great benefit to all of us. thanks, Don.

 

[mchom]

This is the best way!

Problem solved
Thanks Don

Send the ORGINAL back to me. Include the new owners name after you sell it. I'll redo the letter with his/her name and mail it out.
Don

 

[Schof45]

I have received old factory letters with several of my gun purchases and I always appreciate that because of the information about the gun but also because it provided a piece of ownership history. Maybe its naive of me but that little piece of information is more important to me than the risk of the name and address being abused in any way.

 

[Hair Trigger]

I have received old factory letters with several of my gun purchases and I always appreciate that because of the information about the gun but also because it provided a piece of ownership history. Maybe its naive of me but that little piece of information is more important to me than the risk of the name and address being abused in any way.

When I found my Grail Gun, it came with a letter with the original owner's name on it. The letter was dated the same year the gun was new (1980) and the letterhead is different than the ones I've gotten in the last few years. 1st is the older letter, signed by Roy Jinks as the "Services Operations Manager". 2nd letter is like all my others, signed by Don Mundell.