Posted: 2/21/2008 11:40:13 AM EDT
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It makes them untraceable. So says Law & Order. 
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Sorry, I was so angry at getting cheated, I didn't want anyone else to suffer the bitter taste of disappointment like I did, so I threw them into my blast furnace (I have a trapdoor in my office for whiny students). |
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German firearms from that period usually have every freakin' bolt serialized. I honestly never got that. Why serialize magazines and all the other parts? But inexpensive pre-68 weapons sometimes weren't serialized, before the feds made it a requirement. You'll see some shotguns and such without a SN. |
Well, you know what... we could probably use this information to round up the rest of the worthless, fake Lugers and take them off peoples' hands. Wouldn't want this sort of thing to become widespread, no? |
That's the kind of civic-minded generosity and compassion for fellow man that makes me proud to be a member of the arfcom family!! 
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No doubt. I have a WWI Mauser and a WWI Luger. Even the screws on the Mauser have serial numbers.  I own a couple pre-68 guns (shotgun and a couple .22 rifles) and they all lack serial numbers. |
I can see the slight grain of truth to what they said. If your grandfather owns a WWII bringback Luger, it might as well have no serial number because it cannot be traced. However, this makes no sense in the context of the show, because in NYC all handguns have to registered.
That one shows up a lot.  One of my least favorite sterotypes. |
Not just Germans, I have a 1911 with a serialized magazine My CZ75s have the serial number in the slide, frame AND barrel |
Fixed - and congrats 
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I have a theory that the US could cut down on inner city murder rates if TVs and movies were only allowed to use .22-cal derringers as firearms. ,,, And everyone who shoots them, holds them over their heads and sideways.... ~ |
Around here they just feed us to the Bantha. |