The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - I "was" a Time traveler with a "Stolen" Firearm?

**44 AMP** · May 1, 2025, 02:57 PM

I checked with my S&W guru, and there are at least half a dozen models of S&W that would fit under a listing that only says "S&W .38 caliber" and ser#s need to include the LETTER at the start of the number in order to be accurate.

If the person reporting the stolen gun, or the cop taking down the information doesn't get ALL of it fully correct, then you are going to have situations of "false positives" happening.

And, this kind of thing is not just limited to S&Ws, many gunmakers over the years have used the same repeating blocks of numbers for different models they make, and not just handguns, either.

May 1, 2025, 02:57 PM	#9
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 30,440	I checked with my S&W guru, and there are at least half a dozen models of S&W that would fit under a listing that only says "S&W .38 caliber" and ser#s need to include the LETTER at the start of the number in order to be accurate. If the person reporting the stolen gun, or the cop taking down the information doesn't get ALL of it fully correct, then you are going to have situations of "false positives" happening. And, this kind of thing is not just limited to S&Ws, many gunmakers over the years have used the same repeating blocks of numbers for different models they make, and not just handguns, either. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.