M'F'R's Fulton, N.Y., U.S.A.” on top of the left barrel. The early shotguns may have a number grade stamped on the water table of the receiver and “Hunter Arms Co.” engraved on the rib. The post-1913 shotguns have a letter representing the grade (F = Field, S = Specialty, etc.) stamped on the water table and the grade ( Field, Specialty, etc.) marked on top of the right barrel and “Hunter Arms Co. For example, numbers from about 30XXX (1890) and 44XXX (1897) were used in 19.
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Also, the serial numbers can be a little confusing because the Hunter Arms Company occasionally reused blocks of serial number. Unfortunately, the serial numbers for hammerless non-ejector shotguns between about 2300 have been lost.
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A third method is to enter the serial number and other information in a search feature on this site.A table with serial numbers and dates may be found on this site.You can obtain the date of manufacture using one of three methods. To date we have prepared more than 700 letters of provenance for the current owners of firearms sold through Von Lengerke & Detmold, Von Lengerke & Antoine, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Griffin & Howe.When was my L.C. Another possibility is that, since VL&D was purchased by Dupont in 1912, the new management may have changed the policy regarding handgun records. This might be because the New York Sullivan Law required all handgun records to be turned in to the local police precinct when a store ceased operation. Almost no C96 pistols appear in the firearms inventory after that time. These serial numbers would be for those pistols that were in the Von Lengerke & Detmold inventory between 19. I have now added the serial numbers of the Mauser C96 Broomhandle pistols to the database. Guns made beginning in 1946 were made by the LC Smith Co. Please look for your gun assuming that it may be listed either way. Also, the serial numbers can be a little confusing because the Hunter Arms Company occasionally reused blocks of serial number. The numbers in this list may or may not be preceedeed by the 'S', depending on the way in which each appears in the records. This category appears as a model under LC Smith called "Post 1946 Manuf". I have created a new category for the guns made and received after 1946. If your number appears in the Used gun lists, please email your Make, Model and Serial Number to I will be very happy to tell you which model the listed serial number applies to.īeginning in 1946 the A&F records start to show the LC Smith serial numbers beginning with the letter 'S' but this is unfortunately not consistent. I should also note that I have not broken down the more prolific makes by their models, that is, if you search a particular number under Used Winchesters, the serial number may appear, but it might be for a Model 12, 21, 1876, 1892, 94, 63, 70 or scores of other Winchester models. A Certificate of Previously Owned Firearm Transaction will be provided, along with photographs of the records. Please understand that you may find your serial number under the Make/Model if it was a new gun sale and/or also under the 'Used' model for a given Make if the gun was resold by VL&D or A&F. I will add the Used Gun sales as a separate model, that model being "Used".
Seeing that Ernest Hemingway purchased 2 used Merkel O/U's helped to make my decision.
But on the other hand, guns that are so listed often have the name of both the buyer and the seller a well as the physical dimensions at the time of resale. LC Smith Field Grade 12 GA sn: 101094 28'LC Smith Field Grade 12 GA sn: 101094 28' steel BBLs, sound action and bores, visible case color starting to silver, left BBL shows signs of surface rusting. The disadvantage is that a Used Gun listing doesn't suggest a manufacture date or the name of the original purchaser or the original physical specifications. I have considered for a while now whether to include second hand and consigned guns sold by VL&D and A&F in the research listings. If a factory letter says your Winchester, Remington, Marlin, Colt or Smith & Wesson was shipped to VL&D or A&F, and you know the year, please email a request for a lookup. Currently indexing G&H record books, 1977 to 1981. The database includes firearms sold by VL&D between 19 as well as the those sold by A&F between 19 when A&F finally closed.