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I recently purchased an AR lower from an online vendor. I happily assembled my rifle and went to town. Well a couple days later I was telling a friend about it and I took him to the web page to see the lower and the picture they displayed was my lower. Exact serial number plain as day. Typically I wouldn't care but I noticed everyone blurs their serials when they post pics. So is this bad and why?
 
I know but when you post pics on the net in these forums most people use anonymous email addresses and alias's for names but then still block their serials. Its virtually (no pun) the same level of anonymity. Why the need for the security and should I feel as though I've been compromised?
 
I'm not worried about someone getting a credit card in my rifles name and being stuck paying the bill, I just don't understand why to keep it so private unless the answer is simply "why not?"
 
Make sure your hats pulled way down and wear the darkest shades you have when driving too.
After all, your license plate number is showing!
 
because any half-value knucklehead can take your SN and file a false police report listing the gun as stolen and you won't know until you try to sell it or trade it in.

then the dealer will take it from you and call the police. you will get the pleasure of attempting to prove it actually belongs to you over the course of probably 6-18 months depending on what state/city you're in, while neanderthals bounce it around an evidence locker.
 
Thanks Taliv
That being said I asssume I have nothing to worry about unless I decide to sell it, and I should keep the receipt
 
You hear about the nasty things people do to each other on the web daily, petty little acts of revenge for a slight in a forum or chat room. Why give them ammo by supplying them with a serial number to one of your guns? The odds are about the same as hitting the lottery it could cause a problem but people hit the lottery every day. I just don't see a reason anyone online needs to know what the serial number is.
 
because any half-value knucklehead can take your SN and file a false police report listing the gun as stolen and you won't know until you try to sell it or trade it in.
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I have heard this many times (and I do blur out my SNs when posting a pic because of it) but I was just curious if anyone has any first hand knowledge of this happening? From what I've heard, filing a false police report is a crime and I'm sure the person who filed it would have to give the PD their info which would be pretty easy to come back on said half-value.
 
because any half-value knucklehead can take your SN and file a false police report listing the gun as stolen and you won't know until you try to sell it or trade it in.

then the dealer will take it from you and call the police. you will get the pleasure of attempting to prove it actually belongs to you over the course of probably 6-18 months depending on what state/city you're in, while neanderthals bounce it around an evidence locker.
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Yeah and that's happened what all of zero times?
 
i can't recall any first person stories. vaguely recall some claims that the anti-gun groups were doing it, but that's probably urban legend. doesn't change the fact that it would be trivial to do. and even though it's illegal, it's not hard to give the PD false ID, since most big city PDs take almost all their police reports via websites for insurance purposes with no intention of investigation whatsoever
 
I've seen a few firearms that were confiscated by police. The first thing you notice is the evidence number that has been scrolled into the receiver via electric engraving pen. You'll next note that the evidence person was either an 8 year old or had parkinsons; in other words it ain't pretty. One more thing to consider when you choose a ccw.
 
vulnerability

Nowadays, anything personal that can be somehow tracked to you is a vulnerability. Whether the twisted ideas has been thought up or is yet to be thought up, it scares people. Look at all the people signed up for lifelock.
 
With regards to a false police report: since when does a store purchasing a gun run a check (that they don't have access to) on a stolen gun serial number database?

This doesn't happen.
 
With regards to a false police report: since when does a store purchasing a gun run a check (that they don't have access to) on a stolen gun serial number database?
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Happens all the time here. When you bring in a gun to sell it goes on a 10 day hold until the police verify it isn't stolen.
 
Best way to look at it is " why take the chance of something going wrong, especially with your firearm " Allthough it may never happen its just a bunch easier if you didn't have it possibly happening.
 
You might contact the vendor and ask them why they're using pictures of your lower and displaying your SN. If you explain your concern maybe they'll change the picture or obscure the SN.
 
I would keep your shipping sheet and your receipt.

I was lucky enough to win the bid on a Winchester mdl 61 on a police auction. These are neat little 22 rifles which have some collecter value. From what I can gather the 61 was in the evidence locker for at least 20 years. Of course the rifle was dirty and the bore needed cleaning. After a cleaning and oiling moving parts I shot the rifle in a 50 ft indoor range. It liked CCI standard and Wolf match. It didn't like Federal bulk match from Wal Mart. There were no malfunctions of any kind, save a CCI standard round that didn't fire the first time, did on the 2nd. This was only about the 3rd or 4th round out of 15,000 that didn't go off the first time.
 
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