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Any ideas on how I can get more info?
5/24/2012 10:34:59 AM
So awhile back my father picked up a 1917 einfield that was in pretty good condition and recently I decided to clean it up a bit. Well after disassembling it I Found that a social security number had been etched on the barrel underneath the handguard. Well this has intrigued me quite a bit and I'd really like to find out who the social security number belongs to. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could find out? as all social security searches I've tried so far require a last name with the number and I don't have that information.
5/24/2012 11:21:38 AM
WW1 would predate SSNs, so maybe a WW2 G.I., but he likely would have a serial number instead. My guess is prior private owner. How did your father acquire the rifle?
5/24/2012 2:45:14 PM
He got it at a garage sale more or less quite a few years back.
5/25/2012 10:39:43 AM
I used to be pretty common practice for people to put their SSN on fire arms in case they were stolen. It can destroy resale value.
5/25/2012 4:33:55 PM
ouch, well that sucks if that is the case. still my curiosity is driving me mad and I would like to be able to find out who this ssn belongs to so if anybody has an idea about how I could find out I'd greatly appreciate it.
5/25/2012 8:07:37 PM
Some of the old timers would mark their firearms with their SSN in an unseen location to help them recover the firearm if it was ever stolen.
5/26/2012 10:58:36 AM
Originally Posted By Jimbo228:
Some of the old timers would mark their firearms with their SSN in an unseen location to help them recover the firearm if it was ever stolen.
Some of the old timers would mark their firearms with their SSN in an unseen location to help them recover the firearm if it was ever stolen.
+1
I never understood this. Fire arms already have a serial number for identification.
If you go to ssn.gov you should be able to enter the SSN and find a name. You could at one time before 9-11.
5/26/2012 4:01:52 PM
Originally Posted By madcratebuilder:
+1
I never understood this. Fire arms already have a serial number for identification.
If you go to ssn.gov you should be able to enter the SSN and find a name. You could at one time before 9-11.
Originally Posted By Jimbo228:
Some of the old timers would mark their firearms with their SSN in an unseen location to help them recover the firearm if it was ever stolen.
Some of the old timers would mark their firearms with their SSN in an unseen location to help them recover the firearm if it was ever stolen.
+1
I never understood this. Fire arms already have a serial number for identification.
If you go to ssn.gov you should be able to enter the SSN and find a name. You could at one time before 9-11.
Not all of them had a serial number prior to 1968. It wasn't required by law until the GCA was passed.
