Would You Buy a Gun Just For An Interesting Serial Number?

[357-RevolverGuy]

I don't know if maybe I'm just having withdrawl symtoms from having gone over 8 months without purchasing another gun... Here's the deal. There's a really nice S&W target K frame revolver at my local gun shop. It's beautifully blued and has TT, TH, TS. I already have something similar but what is urging me to go back and put in on layaway is that it has a ##777 serial number. I love that number. It not only has God's mark on it but I held it, dry fired a few times, inspected it all over and it even felt lucky, lol! Any of you guys ever bought a gun just because the serial numbers were in your favor? I'm wondering if I'm nuts to go put money down on this...

 

[JSR III]

Like we need another excuse.....

I have told this story before so some have already heard it. I was at a gun shop in the weatern part of my stste picking up an internet win. While I was there, the owner asked me if I was in to S&W commeratives. He went on to say that he had just taken in a Texas Ranger and wanted to know if I would be interested. I replied that if the serial number had any 5's in it I might be. (my lucky number) He returned with the cased TR and indicated that the gun and knife were serial number TR 555.

The rest as they say is history. I have since found and added several other S&W's to my collection that have 2 or 3 fives in the number.

So, in answer to your question, YES...

 

[da gimp]

yup I have.......

 

[ralph7]

I don't know if maybe I'm just having withdrawl symtoms from having gone over 8 months without purchasing another gun... Here's the deal. There's a really nice S&W target K frame revolver at my local gun shop. It's beautifully blued and has TT, TH, TS. I already have something similar but what is urging me to go back and put in on layaway is that it has a ##777 serial number. I love that number. It not only has God's mark on it but I held it, dry fired a few times, inspected it all over and it even felt lucky, lol! Any of you guys ever bought a gun just because the serial numbers were in your favor? I'm wondering if I'm nuts to go put money down on this...

I like "lucky" 7, too!
Might as well buy it, as it will just be worth a little more this time next year.

 

[smokey04]

If it is/was a gun I had need for or the desire to own, the numbers are frosting on the cake! If there were two identical in all ways and one had an interesting number it would go home with me and the other would be an orphan.....unless it was consecutively numbered! Nick

 

[Officerblue]

I bought a model 64 that had my badge number in the serial set. Still have a 629-5 that I didn't need at the time but it had my daughter's birthday on it, so I bought it.
Trust me, there is nothing wrong with buying the numbers. Plus you get another gun for shooting!

 

[Harleystoo]

I have sold a rifle to a guy that was turned on by the serial number. The only number that moves me to purchase is the price.

 

[klausinak]

OP-
You sound like you've already made up your mind, or are trying to get us to talk you out of it...

However, to answer your question, no I haven't. I do have a buddy that would probably buy a Hi-point if the serial number ended in '13' though.

 

[Skeet 028]

appropriate for a Hi Point 13

 

[A-37]

Round Number

Back in the early '60s, I bought a new Ruger 10/22 with SN 120000. Nice number.

I broke the pot metal barrel band while removing the barrel from the stock so I just sawed off the tip of the stock and made a sporter out of it.

 

[A10]

I had a Glock 27 with thw S/N BUG 001. That was kinda cool, but I readily swapped it off for a no dash 57. I would probably buy a Highway Patrolman at an extra cost if the S/N ended in 833, 814, or 702. Those were my old badge numbers.

And I would take RegMag S/N 1...........

 

[italiansport]

I bought this Colt Model 1908
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[Bugkiller99]

"Honey, look what I got. What do you mean why, cuz its got a cute serial number......"

Uh, no, I don't seeing that reason flying at all.

 

[k22fan]

The answer to the O.P.'s question is no and I'm not likely to ever be swayed to purchase by a serial number. I would buy most any S&W that had an alpha-numeric serial of my initials any my birth date but you know how unlikely it would be to find such a gun.

To the O.P.: most of us usually buy guns that are very similar to ones that we already have. Just look at all the 1911 lovers that have multiple 5" 1911 .45s. It's called buying what you like. Put in on lay-a-way before someone else buys it or you'll regret it.

 

[Frank237]

I was badge #237 for 20+ years and do have a pair of rifles with my old call sign as the serial; MHP237. One was a Commemorative they did with our call/ID and the other was a bolt rifle that allowed a custom serial if requested.

I saw an early Kit gun with 237 as the serial, tried to talk the owner out of it but no luck.

To those of us who operated as a number and not as a name...yes certain numbers are important.

 

[pmosley]

Bought an early model 640 with a serial number CEN00xx, one of the first 50 guns off the line in 1989. Best j frame trigger I've ever felt.

 

[vrichard]

I bought these 4 S&W because all four had a single prefix letter and a
single number 3.
Dick

 

[mojave30cal]

I bought a 1915 Triple Lock with a 6.5" bbl, in .44 special with
factory nickel finish that had the serial # 11444. I thought
that was pretty cool. Would have been better if it was serial
# 11144.

 

[rburg]

I have before and I will again. Low numbers are more attractive to me. Like my Centennial 157, or my Model 70 #202. Yes, I had a 666 and a 66,666. And I've got a 38/44 with 99357. Lots of others, too.

 

[rwsmith]

#777 is cool but.....

I consider 999 to be God's number. It's the opposite of 666