icanthitabarn
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When the engraving pens came out, it was the thing to do.
I just cannot resist the urge to respond ...
Yea that’s about the only shot at getting them back, but I’d bet over 90% are put back in circulation for cash money or even pawned once the dust has cleared.
The proverbial dust never clears. Once a serial number has been entered into the national database as a stolen gun, car, VCR, watch.. it stays there until it's removed by being found. You can't pawn a stolen gun without flags going off.
Chicken scratching your name on a gun does nothing in aiding its return or preventing its theft.
I've had my wife's initials engraved on a few of the guns I gifted her. It seems like I had a jeweler engrave one of them, but I usually just take them to a local trophy shop. I don't remember what it costs, but it's never been very expensive.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.
The initials are "L.W." and my friend teases me that it was Lawrence Welk's gun before I got it. Darn kids, get off my lawn.