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Current Database |
The database includes firearms sold by VL&D between 1901 and 1929 as well as the those sold by A&F bewteen 1929 and 1945. Currently indexing 1943. |
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Recent Additions |
Browning A5 and Superposed shotguns have just been added to the serial number lists. |
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Mauser and M-S Rifles |
Serial numbers for Mauser and Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles between 1901 and 1929 have just been added. |
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COLLECTORS |
If a factory letter says your Winchester, Remington, Marlin, Colt or Smith & Wesson was shipped to VL&D or A&F, and you know the year, please email a request for a lookup. |
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USED GUN SALES |
I have considered for a while now whether to include second hand and consigned guns sold by VL&D and A&F in the research listings. The disadvantage is that a Used Gun listing doesn't suggest a manufacture date or the name of the original purchaser or the original physical specifications. But on the other hand, guns that are so listed often have the name of both the buyer and the seller a well as the physical dimensions at the time of resale. Seeing that Ernest Hemingway purchased 2 used Merkel O/U's helped to make my decision. I will add the Used Gun sales as a separate model, that model being "Used". Please understand that you may find your serial number under the Make/Model if it was a new gun sale and/or also under the 'Used' model for a given Make if the gun was resold by VL&D or A&F. A Certificate of Previously Owned Firearm Transaction will be provided, along with photographs of the records, for a Research fee of $50. There is no additional fee if the firearm appears in both new and used sales. I should also note that I have not broken down the more prolific makes by their models, that is, if you search a particular number under Used Winchesters, the serial number may appear, but it might be for a Model 12, 21, 1876, 1892, 94, 63, 70 or scores of other Winchester models. If your number appears in the Used gun lists, please email your Make, Model and Serial Number to research@griffinhowe.com
and I will be very happy to tell you which model it applies to.
Bob Beach |
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