Barcodes Stamped onto Firearms now???

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Posted: 2/21/2017 11:57:12 PM EDT

Have begun to notice this lately, not only is it ugly, but it sets a bad precedent about tracking and tracing your guns. I forget the last firearm I saw it on, but check out this colt lower....

WTF is this garbage?

Posted: 2/21/2017 11:58:01 PM EDT

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That's not a barcode.

Posted: 2/21/2017 11:58:45 PM EDT

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QR code... probably has the same info already stamped on the weapon

Posted: 2/21/2017 11:58:53 PM EDT

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That's new, last colt I bought about 6 month ago did not have it.

Posted: 2/21/2017 11:59:41 PM EDT

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I'm guessing it's for more efficient inventory tracking, containing the same info found elsewhere on the gun.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:00:18 AM EDT

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Holy shit, next thing you know they'll require unique numbers stamped into them as well!

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:00:37 AM EDT

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this is a barcode.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:01:01 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/22/2017 12:01:12 AM EDT

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This its for more accurate manufactures database rather then omg the atf is evil kind of thing.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:04:08 AM EDT

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Looks like shit.

Can that be legally removed as long as the numerical serial number is left intact?

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:06:45 AM EDT

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Can that be legally removed as long as the numerical serial number is left intact?

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Sure...what could go wrong?

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:07:43 AM EDT

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ATF taking a dim view?

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:09:28 AM EDT

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Could the numerical code be removed if the QR is left intact?

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:10:25 AM EDT

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Its for inventory tracking lots of products have them

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:14:03 AM EDT

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Actually it is Datamatrix, a popular 2D barcode format for parts these days - especially automotive.

I deal with these frequently. It is a pretty efficient way of cramming a lot of data into a small symbol and typically can withstand a pretty good amount of damage before it is unable to decode.

Can't say I really want them on my guns, though

I think there is a fad of 'tacticoolness' going on with them right now appearing on certain lines. They probably make it pretty easy to inventory arms with a scanner though.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:18:32 AM EDT

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I've got a new Colt LE6920 with the little QR code engraved on it. I scanned it with my phone and the only info in it is Colt's cage code and the serial number.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:19:34 AM EDT

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Figures GD would rush in to defend it and call it "no big deal". If you don't think there is anything that can be nefarious about this, then I know a bridge you may be interested in. Not to mention just how plain UGLY it is!

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:20:18 AM EDT

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That's the only info that you're able to get from it.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:22:26 AM EDT

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I've got a new Colt LE6920 with the little QR code engraved on it. I scanned it with my phone and the only info in it is Colt's cage code and the serial number.

That's the only info that you're able to get from it.

I always assumed it was to make armourers lives easier come inventory time .

Would imagine a big organization could just get scanners and software

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:22:44 AM EDT

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It's a 2d code it's used in every MFG process.

Keyence readers pick it up quick and make my life 10000 times easier .

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:23:21 AM EDT

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Figures GD would rush in to defend it and call it "no big deal". If you don't think there is anything that can be nefarious about this, then I know a bridge you may be interested in. Not to mention just how plain UGLY it is!

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So inform us, what's nefarious about this mark? Is it the mark of the beast?

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:25:09 AM EDT

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This should be good...

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:25:35 AM EDT

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this is a barcode.

https://i.reddituploads.com/b047b17f18034fd2864b5f120a45c198?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=2db69b2f22c651e4b0fa119ad4b48b67

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What...uhh...product is that barcode actually on?

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:26:31 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/22/2017 12:27:34 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/22/2017 12:27:40 AM EDT

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LOL, good catch.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:30:08 AM EDT

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Lol

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:32:44 AM EDT

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this is a barcode.

https://i.reddituploads.com/b047b17f18034fd2864b5f120a45c198?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=2db69b2f22c651e4b0fa119ad4b48b67

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You got the new fleshlight too?

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:34:55 AM EDT

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LOL. Do you even know how barcodes work?

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:39:21 AM EDT

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Unique numbers, thats what we call an ear tattoo on the deer raised in deer pens in Texas. Now its a serial number on a firearm.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:46:24 AM EDT

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I've got a new Colt LE6920 with the little QR code engraved on it. I scanned it with my phone and the only info in it is Colt's cage code and the serial number.

That's the only info that you're able to get from it.

Once the NSA learned everyone was onto the gps location tracking in regular barcode found on products like cheetos, they came up with this new mark. It not only reports your location, but also round count, blood sugar level, income, average time spent on the toilet and also your favorite color.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:50:26 AM EDT

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Have begun to notice this lately, not only is it ugly, but it sets a bad precedent about tracking and tracing your guns. I forget the last firearm I saw it on, but check out this colt lower....

WTF is this garbage?

http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/623641000/623641767/pix232962531.jpg

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OP you know most new guns come with a transmitter chip used to help locate the item in a warehouse , in theory the ATF can track this chip at 1/4 a mile

but hey it's probably all bullshit

don't read this if ypu smoke weed

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:53:18 AM EDT

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I've got a new Colt LE6920 with the little QR code engraved on it. I scanned it with my phone and the only info in it is Colt's cage code and the serial number.

That's the only info that you're able to get from it.

Fer fuck's sake.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:53:40 AM EDT

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Once the NSA learned everyone was onto the gps location tracking in regular barcode found on products like cheetos, they came up with this new mark. It not only reports your location, but also round count, blood sugar level, income, average time spent on the toilet and also your favorite color.

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I've got a new Colt LE6920 with the little QR code engraved on it. I scanned it with my phone and the only info in it is Colt's cage code and the serial number.

That's the only info that you're able to get from it.

Once the NSA learned everyone was onto the gps location tracking in regular barcode found on products like cheetos, they came up with this new mark. It not only reports your location, but also round count, blood sugar level, income, average time spent on the toilet and also your favorite color.

Orange, it's a color and a food.
Confuses the ufck out the algorithms but they're working on it.

Posted: 2/22/2017 12:56:14 AM EDT

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A QR code that you could scan with your smartphone and make the owner/armor manual pop up would be cool.

Come to think of it, that would be useful for all sorts of shit, not just guns....

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:01:46 AM EDT

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Stock up on these now before the globalists sink their 2d barcode hooks into you and pick up some of the best nutriceuticals on earth, like brain force, now with 50% more flavor molecules.

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:05:23 AM EDT

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Great NOW i want a gun with one.

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:06:56 AM EDT

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It is a 2d barcode called a data matrix.

The military started using them about 10 years ago, the program is called Item Unique Identification or IUID.

There are a couple of ways to formulate the barcode, my guess this one contains the cage code, then the part number, then the serial number.

If it is scribed into the metal it is called Direct Part Marking (DPM).

The sig MK25 in a previous photo has a IUID mark that is made with a material called TESA Tape. Some German car companies started using the material prior to the military to combat counterfeit parts in Africa.

IUID helps the military track goods from procurement until the item is disposed of and allows different databases to exchange information about items with IUID barcodes as the items are unique throughout the DoD.

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:11:11 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/22/2017 1:15:55 AM EDT

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It is a 2d barcode called a data matrix.

The military started using them about 10 years ago, the program is called Item Unique Identification or IUID.

There are a couple of ways to formulate the barcode, my guess this one contains the cage code, then the part number, then the serial number.

If it is scribed into the metal it is called Direct Part Marking (DPM).

The sig MK25 in a previous photo has a IUID mark that is made with a material called TESA Tape. Some German car companies started using the material prior to the military to combat counterfeit parts in Africa.

IUID helps the military track goods from procurement until the item is disposed of and allows different databases to exchange information about items with IUID barcodes as the items are unique throughout the DoD.

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In other words, it's the mark of the beast and sign of the end time. No wonder OP is panicked.

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:18:43 AM EDT

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In on this one.

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:19:57 AM EDT

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In other words, it's the mark of the beast and sign of the end time. No wonder OP is panicked.

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It is a 2d barcode called a data matrix.

The military started using them about 10 years ago, the program is called Item Unique Identification or IUID.

There are a couple of ways to formulate the barcode, my guess this one contains the cage code, then the part number, then the serial number.

If it is scribed into the metal it is called Direct Part Marking (DPM).

The sig MK25 in a previous photo has a IUID mark that is made with a material called TESA Tape. Some German car companies started using the material prior to the military to combat counterfeit parts in Africa.

IUID helps the military track goods from procurement until the item is disposed of and allows different databases to exchange information about items with IUID barcodes as the items are unique throughout the DoD.

In other words, it's the mark of the beast and sign of the end time. No wonder OP is panicked.

Just an easy way to track the issue and receipt of a firearm

Barcodes help prevent typos from occurring and speed up the inventory cycle count process.

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:20:07 AM EDT

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Glock as the same stamp mark on their barrels.

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:23:45 AM EDT

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Depending on how the mark was made... it can be very difficult to remove it so that it can't be detected.... for example, if it was made with a 'dot peen' type of machine, the marking process deforms the metal in such a way that just taking the top layer off won't prevent a professional from being able to get the data from the barcode.