Help with serial numbers

[jdietz]

I am trying to catalog my firearms for Insurance purposes and I have a couple that I cannot locate the serial numbers.

1) Savage Springfield 120A single shot .22

I have inspected the entire firearm including removing it from the stock and cannot locate the serial number.

2) Mossberg 183 DC .410 bolt action.

Again I have gone over this but have not disassembled it.

If anyone knows where the serial numbers are located it would help greatly.

Thank you!

 

[Ian]

Pre-1968 firearms were not legally required to have serial numbers, and there are a lot of .22s and shotguns that never had them.

 

[Shadow 7D]

simple record them as NSN ie. No Serial Number, the assumption is that they are Pre 64, and most cheaper guns or non military contract guns simply didn't have one.

 

[Sunray]

Like Ian says, prior to the GCA of 1968, S/N's weren't required. The insurance companies know this. Mind you, not all of the monkies working there will.

 

[jdietz]

Thanks a lot for the responses. I had not realized that pre 68 did dot require serial numbers. This explains several other .22s i have.

 

[Remo223]

as an aside...motorcycles also did not have VIN numbers on the frame until 1970...at least harleys didn't.