What Is This On My 2.0 Frame?

[wingspar]

The red arrow points to something I noticed while taking photos of my new M&P 2.0. I looked in the manual, and the manual has a red arrow pointing to the serial number (don’t need the manual to figure that one out) but nothing on that little digital symbol. What is it?

 

[gonerydin]

Scan it and find out


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[McE]

It's called a QR code. Maybe your phone can pick it up with an app, but I'm guessing it's more just for S&W serial tracking during production. Many people say it's too small for their phone cams to pick up on.

 

[wingspar]

It's called a QR code. You can scan it by getting an app for your phone and using your phone's camera. Should take you to a webpage.

I don't own a smart phone. I have no way to do that and I doubt my other half would let me do that with her phone, but Googleing QR code tells me a lot. Sounds like something S&W uses during the building process to keep track of parts?

 

[Funflyer]

That's so when you walk outside your home with your sidearm, a gubment spy satellite can track your every move, I'd put a piece of black electrical tape over it ASAP.

 

[0849]

That's so when you walk outside your home with your sidearm, a gubment spy satellite can track your every move, I'd put a piece of black electrical tape over it ASAP.

Aluminum foil works better

 

[Hurryin' Hoosier]

Aluminum foil works better

No - you wrap that around your head!

 

[okiegtrider]

My Shield has one too!

 

[Rastoff]

It's called a QR code.

It's not a QR code and your phone won't scan it. Those look like this:

Even so, the matrix on your 2.0 is a scan code. You'd need a special scanner to read it. They will become more and more common as time goes by.

Manufacturing companies use them to track products. It contains information such as serial number, date of manufacture, who made it, what line it came off of and so on.

One thing to take note of, it is an identifying mark of the gun. Do not try to remove it. It has the same legal status as the serial number.

 

[dkals]

Since you do not have a smart phone the Gov't has no interest in you. "Sir he has a dumb phone. Next".

 

[jim46ok]

I don't own a smart phone. I have no way to do that and I doubt my other half would let me do that with her phone, but Googleing QR code tells me a lot. Sounds like something S&W uses during the building process to keep track of parts?

She would object to you taking a picture with her phone? Problem there.....

 

[Ray1970]

I also think the military might be starting to require these on their weapons for some sort of tracking/inventory system so they'll know which department/unit/people the weapons were issued to. Some law enforcement departments might be doing something similar.

It's possible S&W incorporated this into the 2.0 when it was submitted for the military's MHS trials.

 

[NCW Ray]

At least it's a bit more subdued on M2.0's than it is on this Sig.

 

[wingspar]

It's not a QR code and your phone won't scan it. Those look like this:

Even so, the matrix on your 2.0 is a scan code. You'd need a special scanner to read it. They will become more and more common as time goes by.

Manufacturing companies use them to track products. It contains information such as serial number, date of manufacture, who made it, what line it came off of and so on.

One thing to take note of, it is an identifying mark of the gun. Do not try to remove it. It has the same legal status as the serial number.

Thank you. That’s some good info.

 

[wingspar]

At least it's a bit more subdued on M2.0's than it is on this Sig.

That right there is ugly. I’d cover it up with a piece of electrical tape. Should someone need to see it, just peel the tape off.

 

[ken158]

21st century - the IL is here, gun coding will be the norm and nobody cares what a few guys on a gun forum think... the old days are over.

 

[Disabled1]

It's not a QR code and your phone won't scan it. Those look like this:

Even so, the matrix on your 2.0 is a scan code. You'd need a special scanner to read it. They will become more and more common as time goes by.

Manufacturing companies use them to track products. It contains information such as serial number, date of manufacture, who made it, what line it came off of and so on.

One thing to take note of, it is an identifying mark of the gun. Do not try to remove it. It has the same legal status as the serial number.

I own an M&P 1.0 & 2.0 .40. Along with my 2.0, my 1.0 has a Matrix scan code on it. My LG smart phone has a Matrix app on it and I was able to scan the code on both of them. All they read was a bunch of numbers and letters.

 

[Rastoff]

All they read was a bunch of numbers and letters.

Like I said, you need a special reader. We use something similar at work to keep track of equipment. I can scan it with my phone, but it just delivers garbage. If you have the correct scanner, you'd be surprised how much info can be packed in there.

 

[Steved13]

At least it's a bit more subdued on M2.0's than it is on this Sig.

That is actually a feature on the M11A1 Sig. It's called a UID Label.

 

[Kodiakco]

It's a 2D Data Matrix Code.

Data Matrix - Wikipedia

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