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jimlongley wrote:

powerboatr wrote:just asking
but aren't the serial numbers already in the atf database? When i purchase a new firearm the serial number is listed on the atf form.

i would say private sales..the number may never get transferred to the new owner.
interesting.

That form stays in the possession of the owner of the gun store until such time as that store goes out of business, at which time the form passes on to BATFE where they are not supposed, by law, to record any of the information on the forms.

that cleared that up, i wasnt sure.
but ...the odds of dps actually having up to date serial info is slim
wouldn't you think

seems like a huge waste of resource time to check chl holders for stolen items, but we do get bad apples now and again.

i was just thinking...my XD has some replacement parts that have different numbers from the frame..
i have a 1967 colt model 1911, i bought it NEW in 2010, it sat in a store the went out of bus and was sold to me..yes it sat from 1967 to 2010 in the box
think its number is LOST ?

just asking
but aren't the serial numbers already in the atf database? When i purchase a new firearm the serial number is listed on the atf form.

i would say private sales..the number may never get transferred to the new owner.
interesting.