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9/11/2015 6:53:09 PM EDT
I'm sure this has been hashed and re hashed but my search functions are weak.  

A firearm NOT defaced, while the SN is illegible (due to rust and wear).   Crime or no crime?
9/11/2015 9:37:20 PM EDT
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I'm sure this has been hashed and re hashed but my search functions are weak.  

A firearm NOT defaced, while the SN is illegible (due to rust and wear).   Crime or no crime?
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ยง478.34   Removed, obliterated, or altered serial number.

No person shall knowingly transport, ship, or receive in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm which has had the importer's or manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, or altered, or possess or receive any firearm which has had the importer's or manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, or altered and has, at any time, been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

[T.D. ATF-313, 56 FR 32508, July 17, 1991]
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Possibility of fine and up to five years imprisonment or both.

I don't think how it happened matters one bit.
9/12/2015 4:53:51 PM EDT
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Raise it and petition BATFE to mark it again.
9/12/2015 7:00:39 PM EDT
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Raise it and petition BATFE to mark it again.
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This, we've engraved a few with the ATF's blessing.
9/13/2015 6:14:57 PM EDT
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I'm sure this has been hashed and re hashed but my search functions are weak.  

A firearm NOT defaced, while the SN is illegible (due to rust and wear).   Crime or no crime?
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Normal wear is not a crime. This is one of the reasons ATF increased the depth requirement a few years ago.