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Whoa. Let's get the facts straight. There's no such thing as a Marlin 336 old enough to not require a serial number. There's no exception in the USC for an older firearm. The penalty for obliterating a s/n applies to any firearm that ever had one. cf: 26 U.S.C. § 5861(g).
The act of '68 required unique serial numbers on guns from a manufacturer, meaning different models could not run in the same number sequence. The requirement for serial numbers and penalty for defaced/obliterated ones exist LONG before that. It's even in the Federal Firearms act of 193
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that is why this model revelation converts to a marlin 39A pre 68. There was no requirement of guns to be serialized prior to 1968 it was up to the maker to decide if he wanted to put serial numbers on them some did some did not. I have quiet a few guns with no serial numbers on them and it is perfectly legal to transfer them if thru an ffl he just marks none found in the spot for the serial number.
Not if they are done deep enough. The BATF has a regulation about how deep they have to be. I do not have the exact requirement in front of me.
lol.. and how exactly would they measure that? the depth of an engraving..
lol.. and how exactly would they measure that? the depth of an engraving..
Even the faintest scratch is thousands of times deeper than the engraving on microchips, which are built and measured with absurd levels of precision. Figuring out the depth of this engraving would be trivial in comparison.
Uh, you might freshen up on facts before LOL'ing... Yes, that's precisely what they do. Importers have to submit a sample to the BATF for approval, and they measure it. There are regulations on it, and they changed them in the recent past - S&W's laser engraving failed the test not too many years ago. Seriously, a simple google search brings it up:
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/guides/importation-verification/firearms-verification-overview.html
that is why this model revelation converts to a marlin 39A pre 68. There was no requirement of guns to be serialized prior to 1968 it was up to the maker to decide if he wanted to put serial numbers on them some did some did not. I have quiet a few guns with no serial numbers on them and it is perfectly legal to transfer them if thru an ffl he just marks none found in the spot for the serial number.
thats not what im scoffing at.
while that is serious; l highly doubt LEO's are going to take out some measuring instrument or confiscate a weapon to be sent to be measured to make sure it meets 'standards'.
the OPreally has nothing to worry about
you guys are talking about BATF sampling guns out of big batches, making sure firearms entering our country are legal to our standards. Of course. especially with the tons of surplus rifles.
thats not what im scoffing at.
while that is serious; l highly doubt LEO's are going to take out some measuring instrument or confiscate a weapon to be sent to be measured to make sure it meets 'standards'.
the OPreally has nothing to worry about
I don't think thats a social number. All socials I've seen are fomatted XXX XX XXXX.
Don