skeeterfogger
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It is possible that the app to read it is ffl and or manufacturer dependent. We may not have access to the encryption to read it.
It is possible that the app to read it is ffl and or manufacturer dependent. We may not have access to the encryption to read it.
What app do I need to be able to scan and read the code?
I like it and see why they do it. If you see a gun at the range you like, you can just do a quick scan of the QR code and get the info. Nice for the manufacturer and potential buyer.
If the pertinent info is included in it it would seem removing it will be tampering. At very least voided warranty.I wonder if there are any issues involved if someone were to just polish it out?
Bad juju if you remove the serial number but the QR code?
It must be one of those "eye of the beholder" things. That little marking would not bother me at all.I hope adding the QC code to the outer frame of guns doesn't become the standard because it looks ugly.
I think we all have our own ideas of what looks visually appealing and what doesn't. My neighbor rides motorcycle and has a Harley. We spent hours a few summers back putting all sorts of LED accent lighting on his bike. Once done it did come out pretty nice and he was like OK, let's order another kit and do your bike. Nope, not going to happen. While nice on his bike simply not my taste on my bike.Our individual taste extends to things like motorcycles, trucks and of course our guns. Heck, I never cared for the composition Ruger places on their guns and while it won't stop me from owning a fine Ruger revolver I find all that print distracting. So I just see it as a matter of personal taste.Perhaps the REAL question is, why do you think, EVERYONE thinks it's ugly???
Perhaps, some don't mind it at all, or even like it, so it's left there for the "average" person who doesn't mine it...
It must be one of those "eye of the beholder" things. That little marking would not bother me at all.
The information contained in Colt's code, called a Data Matrix or 2D barcode, is known only to Colt and is only readable with their scanners hooked up to their internal database.
While I agree on your taste with LED lights. I don't notice the writing on the barrel while aiming, so I couldn't care less.I think we all have our own ideas of what looks visually appealing and what doesn't. My neighbor rides motorcycle and has a Harley. We spent hours a few summers back putting all sorts of LED accent lighting on his bike. Once done it did come out pretty nice and he was like OK, let's order another kit and do your bike. Nope, not going to happen. While nice on his bike simply not my taste on my bike.Our individual taste extends to things like motorcycles, trucks and of course our guns. Heck, I never cared for the composition Ruger places on their guns and while it won't stop me from owning a fine Ruger revolver I find all that print distracting. So I just see it as a matter of personal taste.
Ron
Exactly, it's a to each their own thing.While I agree on your taste with LED lights. I don't notice the writing on the barrel while aiming, so I couldn't care less.
Same goes for the QR code. It's kind of like the hunting scenes engraved into shotguns.
I don't know if I like it so much then. I thought it was like this one:
Yeah! Just like those nasty old obsolete proof marks, date stamps, acceptance stamps, inspector stamps, etc ...Those codes will be an obsolete stain on a timeless firearm in a few years.