smoothncool Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 I recently discovered that I have a Benelli Black Eagle which belongs to someone else and that someone, apparently, has my gun. They all look exactly alike and we must have switched guns on a hunting trip. Is there any way to determine the purchaser of the gun I have through the serial number to try to get each owner the correct gun? Quote
tucker301 Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 Wow! Do you not even know which hunt it was? The BATF is probably your only means of doing that. Not sure if they'd do it unless the gun were recovered in a raid or used in a crime. They get the shipment information from the manufaturer. Then they contact the dealer who originally sold the gun. Then the dealer has to dig through his records from however many years ago and report back to them who bought it. If the gun was resold without paperwork (face-to-face intrastate), the chain of records is broken and it REALLY gets tough. ...and I'll bet you thought all of these gun transactions went into a database somewhere Quote
tdaniel377 Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 If you know who the hunters were on the hunts,why dont you try calling them and asking them if they still have the factory box for their gun,and check the serial number from the box! Quote
M1014 Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 is that like wife swapping,,???????????????????? Quote
tucker301 Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 is that like wife swapping,,???????????????????? Yes, but if you like the other one better it's both easier and cheaper to make the change permanent Quote
dfb2004 Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 there should be a serial number on your receipt fo the gun. Quote
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