Just a little surprised

[dlbleak]

So I’m out making my normal pawn shop circuit today. I find a beautiful S&W 586 and ask to look at it. I open the cylinder and someone had engraved their social security number in the frame so when the cylinder is closed you can’t see it. Bummer, but it was a common practice 30 years ago. What surprised me is the number was one digit from mine, and it was the last number!

 

[TwoForFlinching]

That is an odd thing to do to a gun.

 

[MacFromOK]

So I’m out making my normal pawn shop circuit today. I find a beautiful S&W 586 and ask to look at it. I open the cylinder and someone had engraved their social security number in the frame so when the cylinder is closed you can’t see it. Bummer, but it was a common practice 30 years ago. What surprised me is the number was one digit from mine, and it was the last number!

Maybe you have a twin...

 

[dlbleak]

Maybe you have a twin...

I called my brother and told him. I think we went to the SS office at the same time. His is close but 70-80 numbers off of I remember.

 

[John6185]

You can take that Social Security number and see if the previous owner is dead or not by searching the internet. I had a pistol once the was given to me by my mother and it had a SS number on it so I checked it out-it was my deceased mother's SS#.

 

[SPDguns]

Ok, this thread is worthless without pics. 4"?? 6"?? Triple "T"'s?? Factory grips? ( I mean "stocks" for the S&W elite) Original box? "M" stamp???

 

[dlbleak]

Ok, this thread is worthless without pics. 4"?? 6"?? Triple "T"'s?? Factory grips? ( I mean "stocks" for the S&W elite) Original box? "M" stamp???

6 inch with factory stocks. Really a nice gun. Price was to much with the SS # carved into it though.

 

[MacFromOK]

6 inch with factory stocks. Really a nice gun. Price was to much with the SS # carved into it though.

For future reference, how much (percentage-wise?) does that devalue a gun?

 

[dlbleak]

For future reference, how much (percentage-wise?) does that devalue a gun?

Reduces it to just a shooter. I’d say 500 max but I’d be more comfortable in the 400ish range. They had 699 on it which would be just ok for an unmolested gun.

 

[MacFromOK]

Reduces it to just a shooter. I’d say 500 max but I’d be more comfortable in the 400ish range. They had 699 on it which would be just ok for an unmolested gun.

Yikes. So 30-40% less then...