bought a used gun and...

[mierda]

I bought a used gun and later noticed it had been engraved crudely with a date . Has anybody had this happen to them before?

 

[model 649]

Pix? Where was it "engraved"?
Josh

 

[mierda]

well on the side of the frame it has scratched in 8-2-73 .sorry no pictures.

 

[hankdatank1362]

This is a little off-topic, but isn't your screenname espanol for sh*t?

 

[micky692002]

You must be very mad because of your nickname

mierda = ****

 

[mierda]

i'm Russian mierda is my mother's maiden name.

 

[rangerruck]

yes, this is tough. you either have to leave it, or try to softly scrub it out, with fine steel wool then try to reblue.

 

[panzermk2]

mierda
don't feel so bad ask the tread head what the DAT in hankdatank1362 stands for

 

[MICHAEL T]

maybe the police did that Your pistol could be a known killer

 

[loki.fish]

Think of it like it's a hot chick who has a tattoo.

You say this like it's a bad thing? That tattoo just made her look even better



How deep is it engraved? Most engravers I've seen don't seem to engrave far. Looks as though they can be sanded down a bit and reblued, as previously mentioned.

 

[Gifted]

The date probably had significance to whomever put it there. Something happened, that they thought the gun should remember.

What kind of gun is it?

 

[el44vaquero]

The date probably had significance to whomever put it there. Something happened, that they thought the gun should remember.

"I scratched this here date on this here gun on this here day."

 

[scout26]

1. The date could be from the police when they seized it as evidence, if that's the case then it should also have initials of the LEO near the date.

2. It could be "Bubba-fied". One of the previous owners could have done that for reasons only he can explain.

3. PanzermkII, I took his screen name as "Hank - Da -Tank 1362". He's a DAT if an M60 series or eariler series crewmen. If he's a 19K (M1 Abrams series) then he's a CDAT. Still better then being a "Crunchy".

 

[DogBonz]

I second that

You say this like it's a bad thing? That tattoo just made her look even better

Just depends where, thats all.

 

[vynx]

I bought a used .410 over and under that someone engraved their ss# in - it was used what can you do? I left it thinking it would look worse if I tryed to scratch it off.

Maybe after I retire and have lots of extra time I will attemp to hide it with another engraving.

 

[mierda]

its a fie titan 25 auto i bought for 40$ at a gun show. I cleaned it up and shot 200 rounds through it without a failure at all. Its my garage gun. marked j.n.f. 8-2-73 on the right of the slide.

 

[blacksuit]

mierda
don't feel so bad ask the tread head what the DAT in hankdatank1362 stands for...


NOT Funny!

 

[Gifted]

Well, that doesn't help quite as much as I thought. Got a good deal on it though. .25s aren't much to mess with.