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Bolt Action Rifles Discontinuing serial numbers are due to the fact that number ranges were reserved and production not done in numbered order. Serial Number Year of Manufacture Miniature rifles (.22 calibre) Models 55, 155 and 255 Serial Number Year of Manufacture Model 355 Serial Number Year of Manufacture Model 622 Serial Number Year of Manufacture Serial Number Year of Manufacture Serial Number Ranges vs Model Serial Number Model Model 46 Model 46 A Model 46 AN Model 46 B Model 146 501 N-727 N Model 246, Model 646 (640 in 6,5x55), Model 648 (640 in 8x57 JS).
In 1991 Crosman Corporation acquired Benjamin and Sheridan. In 1992 the manufacturing facility was moved to the East Bloomfield plant in Upstate New York. In the same year Crosman instituted the serial numbering procedure which included a date of manufacture as part of the serial number. Prior to 1975 you are not able to determine the date of manufacture by the serial number. Prior to 1992 we have information that, while missing some years, may be helpful to you in determining the age of your gun. If your gun was manufactured in or after the year 1992 then the first 3 or 4 digits of the serial number will allow you to determine when your gun was manufactured. If the first 3 or 4 digits of your serial number are 1294 or D94, then your gun was made in December of 1994. The charts below will help you determine when your product was manufactured. PISTOLS Models: 130, 132, 137 Year Starting Serial Number Ending Serial Number 1957 B26700 B B33595 B B38401 B B42601 B B47501 B B51374 B B59910 B B63489 B B69743 B B76725 B B84514 B B98876 B B101067 B B111601 B B124413 B B126151 B B150254 B B163507 B B173057 B B184972 B B196618 B B212270 B B229881 B B248723 B B275216 B B279611 B B281001 RIFLES Models: 310, 312, 317 Year Starting Serial Number Ending Serial Number 1957 H59440 H H87278 H H109212 H H140088 H H160865 H H180816 H H210926 H H244654 H H280936 H H304705 H H329615 364750 RIFLES Models: 340, 342, 347 Year Starting Serial Number Ending Serial Number 1968 T1000.
Marlin Lever Action Rifle Serial Numbers 1883 to 1906 ( Including Models 1881, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 18.) Note that records are chaotic as all models were numbered in a single serial number range, and numbers are often duplicated, and the dates recorded are apparently shipping dates, not dates of manufacture. Brophy studied the records and came up with the following as dates of manufacture. Marlin : Covering numbers:. Please enter a serial number and click the submit button. MARLINS MADE 1948 and LATERMarlin Model 336 and Models 39- A and 39- M manufactured from 1948 to 1968: A one or two letter code was used to designate the year of manufacture. All Marlins (except lever action) manufactured from A two letter code was used to designate month and year of manufacture. All Marlins manufactured from 1969 to 1990: The first two digits of the serial number designate the year of manufacture, either as the last two digits of the year (in 1969-71) or as a number code (1971 and later). Enter ONLY the LETTER CODE or the FIRST TWO digits of the serial number below. Please enter the markings you want to research and click the submit button.
A couple of years ago, an FFL showed us a remarkable thing that had come in as part of a many-gun estate buy and had put him into a quandary. We were not able to address what to do legally — given the capricious rulings that come out of BATFE, even lawyers couldn’t, and we’re sure not lawyers — but suggested that he talk to BATFE about how to get the arm into his bound book. The weapon in question appeared to be a GI M1 Carbine, but it was innocent of any manufacture or importer markings, and had no serial number. Now, there are guns that shipped with no serial numbers, back long ago, and there are other reasons you might encounter a gun now with no serial number. Reasons that we know of include: Antique weapons were often made without serial numbers. Prototype and toolroom weapons may not have been serialed prior to the Gun Control Act of 1968. It was not always required. Obliterated SN on a Taurus revolver. Serial numbers may have been removed or defaced. This is often an indicator of a stolen gun or crime gun. At one time, weapons built from parts by small shops could have been assembled without a serial number. ( Even when the legal requirement was in place, it was not enforced assiduously, unlike the situation today). Weapons produced for clandestine purposes often bear no markings, or false markings. ( We’ve even encountered boxes of Chinese M22 AKs and Iranian G3s in which all guns had the same exact number, and we’ve encountered many weapons with no numbers). Privately built weapons for personal use are not required to be marked. Most likely that unmarked carbine was one of these. They can’t be built for resale, but they can be legally resold — however, it’s a grey area, and ATF’s unwillingness to publish its past letter rulings and legal opinions makes any grey area a minefield. Therefore, most folks that advise you on how to legally build a gun for education.