Question about serial #

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Frank Ettin
If the number was damaged and an attempt made to restore it, the number is no longer the number affixed by the importer or manufacturer. Will a court rule that the number has been altered thus resulting in a violation of 18 USC 922(k)? We might hope not, but there's really no way to know unless a court has answered that question.
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If the serial number is "XYZ1234" and you wish to deepen the rollmark/stamp/engraving you aren't violating any law......the serial number stays the same.

You aren't removing the number (as in filing it off)
You aren't obliterating the number (as in painting over it)
You aren't even altering the number (as in changing the digits in the serial#)
 
The Lone Haranguer said:
I can't believe, if the stock photo is an accurate indication, the serial number plate is that flimsy.
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It's not that it's that flimsy, it's simply an aluminum block and the numbers/letters aren't very deep, using the steel tools and not paying attention to what I was doing caused this.

My fault, nothing against the lower.
 
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dogtown tom said:
...you wish to deepen the rollmark/stamp/engraving you aren't violating any law....
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How do you know? You have the luxury of being able to express that opinion. However, as a lawyer it would be professionally irresponsible of me to state that without a court decision or an ATF advisory opinion to back me up.

And one of the things I've learned in over 30 years of practicing law is that one can't rely on the correct answer being intuitive.
 
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