NCJ Number
1807
Date Published
1971
Length
173 pages
Annotation
AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF FIREARMS AND THE LOCATION OF THE IDENTIFYING NUMBERS.
Abstract
THE FIREARMS ACT OF 1938 REQUIRED THE MANUFACTURER TO PLACE SERIAL NUMBERS ON GUNS AND TO MAINTAIN THESE RECORDS. THIS BOOK COVERS 1) FIREARMS REGISTRATION, 2) WEAPONS, 3) DATA ON PISTOL SERIAL AND OTHER NUMBERS, 4) ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS, AND 5) MISCELLANEOUS ILLUSTRATIONS. NINETY-FOUR SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS ARE ILLUSTRATED WITH LOCATIONS OF SERIAL NUMBERS AND COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN. EXTENSIVE TABLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS EXPLAIN AND SHOW THE LOCATION OF HIDDEN SERIAL NUMBERS, AND PART NUMBERS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT IN IN SOME INSTANCES HAS NOT BEFORE BEEN CORRECTLY KNOWN. AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED HANDGUNS SHOWING THE NAME, MODEL, CALIBER, MANUFACTURER AND COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS INCLUDED. 33 REFERENCES