Jesse H
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Id argue that the odds of a serial number ever getting run on a gun is pretty slim.
Every gun I come across in commission of a crime gets run. And no surprise they're often reported stolen.
Id argue that the odds of a serial number ever getting run on a gun is pretty slim.
I wish someone near me would do stuff for that kinda money. I’d like to get my boys names engraved on theirs. I’ve been quoted $150 to simply put a name on a gun.As a professional engraver, I've engraved names on hundreds of guns over the last 40 years, and caliber designations on hundreds of custom rifles. The key word here is "professional". Why scratch your name on a gun when you can pay an engraver $20 or less to do a nice job? I would always refuse to engrave on a collectible firearm. Most of the guns I engraved were new Ruger revolvers, 1911s or kids' rifles or shotguns.
Every gun I come across in commission of a crime gets run. And no surprise they're often reported stolen.
That's because most engravers are scared of guns, thinking they may "go off" or something, thanks to our balanced media. I was known as an engraver and a gun enthusiast. (I retired and sold my equipment a year ago.)I’ve been quoted $150 to simply put a name on a gun.
No. But I have one shotgun, a Remington Model 11, which has my father's initials scratched onto the trigger guard. It bothers me a bit when I clean/fondle it, but it reminds me of him and who he was, so it balances out as a good thing.
View attachment 784863 Here’s how I mark my truck guns. Keep in mind they are not an investment or a collectible. They are simply a tool. I don’t mark anything that I’m not willing to beat up in the truck. I’d mark the scope too, but I don’t want the vibration to jack it up inside.
View attachment 784863 Here’s how I mark my truck guns. Keep in mind they are not an investment or a collectible. They are simply a tool. I don’t mark anything that I’m not willing to beat up in the truck. I’d mark the scope too, but I don’t want the vibration to jack it up inside.
Yes sir mission accomplished! BTW it’s way too deep for cerracoat to cover it. I did that on purpose. My suppressors are all done too. Crap I should probably add my social so some other Turner folk don’t come steal my guns.Since there is no easy way to hide your crude writing what are your plans with that gun after you quit being a active shooter?
Destroy the upper and lower receivers?
Try to find a buyer named Sam Turner?
Let your family figure out a way to dispose of them?
Best option is to become a famous outlaw like Jesse James and have your mother and/or wife sell them to the curious for a outrageous price.
Without a notarized statement and Bill of Sale I would not even get my fingerprints on it. With a notarized statement and Bill of Sale your gun is worth about .10 cents on the dollar. A LGS does ceracoating for $50.00 a part so it is going to cost a least $100.00. Since the only way to remove your name is by sanding the parts will have noticeable grooves / lower areas on them. For me it is only good for some of the used parts.
Refinishing and rebluing any other long guns and handguns you have carved up will be several hundred dollars and even then your family will not recoup their value if you had not choose to permanently deface them.
But you have accomplished your goal of no one else wanting your guns.
That's my point. It makes them virtually un marketable to anyone who isn't a criminal or someone in my family....