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

[erics]

Looking at a BHP with a full house number xxxxx55959

 

[GrayGhost99]

I've bought guns because it was a Tuesday so have at it

 

[sqhead]

grips,yes....serial numbers,not yet.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Ya:

A walther PPK w/ serial #JB007

A Registered Magnum with RM 001

Any S&W with BAMxxxx

Any S&W with XXX1953

A Ruger 10/22 with BAM1022

 

[Arik]

It would have to be pretty unique for me to buy it just based on S# but I know a few people who have. One guy I know has a collection of Glocks with 666 S#.

 

[JSR III]

"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.

Ya but you forgot to tell her that the serial number was your wedding day. Come on guys you must be creative.

I also forgot to mention that I also bought a pre 17 K22 because the serial number was K 1722. That and the fact that it was a 4 digit made it very easy.

 

[BAM-BAM]

I also forgot to mention that I also bought a pre 17 K22 because the serial number was K 1722.

K frame...... Model 17........ in .22lr......... that one has it all!!!!


Can't do the anniversary thing......... but I never have to worry about forgeting my September wedding anniversary!!!!

 

[straightshooter1]

Sort of a tough question-buying a gun just because of the serial number.

Suppose it was a bolt-action Mossberg 12 ga. shotgun that had, for a serial number, the one number that really caught your attention like your birth date, your anniversary date (with the current spouse ) or 666 or, whatever.

Would you buy it? I suppose there are those who collect Mossberg or similar bolt-actions, but probably not many.

But I wouldn't buy it at most any price.

So, really, the gun first has to catch my attention enough to pick it up an examine it. Then, if I noted the serial number and that number "spoke" to me, maybe I'd buy it.

But, again, it would depend on brand/model, condition and, perhaps, caliber.

But, no bolt-action Mossbergs (heck, most oldies weren't serial numbered anyway).

Bob

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I would like to have a 666, which is of course the Devil's number.
Cause I ain't coming with Salvation, I am coming with Damnation.

 

[357-RevolverGuy]

That is the # of the stocks I bought on Gunbroker about 15 years ago. I still have them.

Those just may be the original grips for this model 14 with the #777 serial number I am looking at! The grips on it right now are factory smooth targets which I don't think were on it originally. Let me know if you want to sell them

Really thinking about going back to the shop to layaway this weekend.

 

[Maddog 521]

I bought a like new Model 59 for my son when he made Chief in the USN. That gun has 3-6's in the serial number. No problems so far and it's a great shooter.

 

[Old TexMex]

I wouldn't buy a 666 (the number of the beast) but I would jump at a 667(the neighbor of the beast)...cause that's my present situation.

 

[truckemup97]

Like a 640-1 that has "357" in the SN? That wasn't the only reason I bought it, but it certainly ups the cool factor.

 

[16thVACav]

That would be a silly reason to buy a gun.

I have learned to avoid frivolous purchases of firearms by limiting myself to buying only on days of the week that end in "Y".

 

[Papabear1324]

Absolutely buy it.

 

[italiansport]

Well:
This Colt 25acp certainly has an interesting serial # 75075 so I guess that's the reason I bought it! I guess it wasn't all that important that it was engraved and had factory pearls!! The factory letter indicated that the engraving wasn't done by Colt and this pistol was shipped to a Mr Pena but there is no address given.

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

I bought a M586 within the last few weeks with an "AAA" s/n. May of over paid a bit ($585) since it's just a shooter not a pristine collectible, but I think it's cool to have one of the first L-frames.

 

[the ringo kid]

Ive been kicking myself ever since I passed up buying a beat up Walther P-thirty eight whose serial number was: seven seven seven seven. It was offered to me for three hundred dollars but--I didnt get it because I already had three--and all in much better condition. Last I heard several years ago--that gun sold for--you guessed it--seven thousand dollars.

The only unique serial number I have on a gun is: two sixty one T. This is on my WWII German sniper rifle. This one has a twenty five round fixed magazine. As I was told by a USMC historian by the name of Dieter Stenger who researched my rifle--there were only a handfull of these made--less than fifty.

 

[k22fan]

A clerk in a LGS spent most of his career in manufacturing pistols. He's been around the ranges forever and I knew him when he worked for a manufacturer that, other than their brand name still being used, is out of business. He says that while he had access to the serial numbering process at that manufacturer that for his own collection he made up one of each or their models with serial number 1. He hopes they're worth zillions.

I wonder if that's how the Kimber in the linked GB auction came to exist.

 

[Grayfox]

I don't think I ever bought one just because fo the serial number. But I have had an interesting number sway me when I was undecided on one.