why cover serial numbers?

Harrydale

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What is the reason that most people cover some of the serial numbers when they put them on most forum places? What can happen if you publish the whole number. I see it all the time and I even do it but just because everyone (mostly) does it.
 
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I think that, for some, there may be a bit of plausible deniability involved. Not everyone wants anyone to know exactly what they may or may not have, just in case records are being made. There also seems to be a high rate of unfortunate boating accidents among forum members concerning guns they used to have.
 
There also seems to be a high rate of unfortunate boating accidents among forum members concerning guns they used to have.[/QUOTE]

Huh?? You lost me here with the boating accidents thing.
 
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"Gee, Ms. Pelosi, I'd love to turn in my newly prohibited guns, but they were all lost last week in a boating accident."
 
Harrydale said:
Ahhh yes, I see! Thank you Mr. yaktamer for my much needed schooling. I understand now.
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I suffered the same problem when I started buying S&W firearms.There is a CD available on Amazon (I think) for newbies to learn how to speak "Smith & Wesson".It also contains many vintage colloquialisms such as the one above.Only cost $19.95 plus S&H.:D:D
 
That which is on the internet is searchable. There are companies (like some i know) that look for anything "knowable" and therefore usable to identify individuals, not always for good reasons.

A complete serial number can be matched to hacked company or government databases.

If you live online, live in fear. What you say can and will be used in efforts to steal you assets and identity.

I work and live in this reality, and see too many cases where the bad guys win.
 
I will never forget when I was just Technician class Amateur op. I heard an old seasoned ham make the comment never talk on the air about when your are going to be out of town or give your exact address as anyone can buy monitors and listen. I try to live that way online also. One never knows who lurks in the shadows on these boards.
 
Harrydale said:
Ahhh yes, I see! Thank you Mr. yaktamer for my much needed schooling. I understand now.
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Happy to help. Now you just need to start two new threads:

1) "What is the minimum caliber one should use to hunt bear?"

2) "What's wrong with the Internal Lock?"
 
Ogandydancer said:
I will never forget when I was just Technician class Amateur op. I heard an old seasoned ham make the comment never talk on the air about when your are going to be out of town or give your exact address as anyone can buy monitors and listen. I try to live that way online also. One never knows who lurks in the shadows on these boards.
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Kinda like posting on facebok all those neat pictures of you enjoying Rome-while the burgulars are looting the house:rolleyes:
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
That's just plain stupid. How are you gonna be able to identify them if you ever get robbed. Me-I memorize the serial numbers of all bills greater than ones that I carry just in case I need to make an ID later on.
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I found an easy solution to the dollar bill serial number controversy...I just send all my money to my kids' colleges. No money, no dilemma!:cool:
 
I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this question: Is there a documented case of someone reporting a serial number as stolen on a gun that was not theirs, whether that number was collected from a posting on the internet, recorded off a used gun at a gunshow table or at a gun store or range, or gotten in any other way? More than one person has asked to look at a gun of mine in the field or on a clays or other type of range. Should I be worried that they have a photographic memory and malicious intent?

I'm no expert on the law but it seems like attempting something like that would be flirting with some statutory and and maybe civil stuff best left unflirted with.

Coming at it from another direction, are there any cases in which a stolen gun has been recovered in a similar way?

For what it's worth, I have absolute confidence that any used gun I've bought is free and clear.

As far as LE/Feds trolling forums for serial numbers, same question. Any prosecutions?
 
ya' know Yaktamer funny you should mention about posting those two threads, 'cause just the other day I was wondering if I should go bear hunting with my new unfired, unfired except at the factory, unfired except for the 6 rounds I shot thru it, unfired except for when my cousin's brother in law shot it when he owned it .38 special snubby. It's new in the box and I couldn't decide wheather to go bear hunting with it or just keep it unfired---see above---but then I thought about the internal lock which keeps me up at night thinking about the merits of the internal lock system, but I have lost the key anyway! So I think I will just go on a boat ride.

P.S. anybody want to buy an unfired---see above again---.38 snubby NIB except for when it was used with the internal lock system without the key? I paid $275 for it two months ago so I figger it ought to be worth about $1500 now.
 
I forgot to mention, about the NIB snubby I have for sale, it's come with the original box except it's not the box that came with the gun. It's also a 7 screw! it had some parts falling off so I added a couple of screws to it, they are real nice nickel plated wood screws. Serial number is 3xxxxxxxx.
 
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