Quoted:
Heck, you can "engrave" the needed data yourself with an electro pencil on the receiver.
There is no requirement it be visible when the weapon is assembled. Under the pistol grip there's a large flat area suitable for zapping with an electro pencel. You need name, city, state, nothing else.
-- Chuck |
Not true Chuck, there are height and depth requirements and it has to be readily visible.
§ 479.102 How must firearms be
identified?
(a) You, as a manufacturer, importer,
or maker of a firearm, must
legibly identify the firearm as follows:
(1) By engraving, casting,
stamping (impressing), or otherwise
conspicuously placing or
causing to be engraved, cast,
stamped (impressed) or placed on
the frame or receiver thereof an
individual serial number. The se92
rial number must be placed in a
manner not susceptible of being
readily obliterated, altered, or removed,
and must not duplicate
any serial number placed by you
on any other firearm. For firearms
manufactured, imported, or made
on and after January 30, 2002,
the engraving, casting, or stamping
(impressing) of the serial
number must be to a minimum
depth of .003 inch and in a print
size no smaller than 1/16 inch;
and
(2) By engraving, casting,
stamping (impressing), or otherwise
conspicuously placing or
causing to be engraved, cast,
stamped (impressed), or placed
on the frame, receiver, or barrel
thereof certain additional information.
This information must be
placed in a manner not susceptible
of being readily obliterated, altered
or removed. For firearms
manufactured, imported, or made
on and after January 30, 2002,
the engraving, casting, or stamping
(impressing) of this information
must be to a minimum depth
of .003 inch. The additional information
includes:
(i) The model, if such designation
has been made;
(ii) The caliber or gauge;
(iii) Your name (or recognized
abbreviation) and also,
when applicable, the name of
the foreign manufacturer or
maker;
(iv) In the case of a domestically
made firearm, the city
and State (or recognized abbreviation
thereof) where you
as the manufacturer maintain
your place of business, or
where you, as the maker, made
the firearm; and
(v) In the case of an imported
firearm, the name of the
country in which it was manufactured
and the city and State
(or recognized abbreviation
thereof) where you as the importer
maintain your place of
business. For additional require-
ments relating to imported
firearms, see Customs
regulations at 19 CFR part 134.
(b) The depth of all markings
required by this section will be
measured from the flat surface of
the metal and not the peaks or
ridges. The height of serial numbers
required by paragraph (a)(1) of this
section will be measured as the
distance between the latitudinal
ends of the character impression
bottoms (bases). |
Scott
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