InTheField
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What manufactures first routinely placed serial numbers on their guns? I imagine it may be Colt on their percussion revolvers. I have set of Smith and Wesson "tip ups" (six models ranging from late 1850s to about 1880) and all are serialized. These early Smiths may be the earliest serialized U.S. cartridge guns. I know some maker's serialized their expensive stuff, but not their cheap stuff (like Winchester). Springfield Armory evidently did not serialized their Civil War arms.
I know factory made handguns have been federally required to be numbered since the 1930s and long guns since 1968.
I know factory made handguns have been federally required to be numbered since the 1930s and long guns since 1968.
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