R51 Serial Numbers
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:35 pm
What is the highest sighting of SN? Mine is 00030xxR51.
Just wonder how many are out now.
Just wonder how many are out now.
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I used to feel the same way so I did some research and this is what I found.ToneDeath wrote:I got to know what's the big deal with keeping your serial # so secret ?
lklawson wrote:I used to feel the same way so I did some research and this is what I found.ToneDeath wrote:I got to know what's the big deal with keeping your serial # so secret ?
Some criminals have been caught using serial numbers they found online to sell non-existent guns on sites such as GunBroker.
It has further been noted that someone meaning to make life hard for you could take your serial numbers and report them as stolen. Then if you ever got to make a transfer through an FFL, the gun would be flagged and you may have to go through an expensive and time consuming process to prove that it's really your gun.
A gun's serial number is its identity. Your gun can have its identity stolen just like you can if you publish your SS# or a Credit Card#.
Peace favor your sword,
Kirk
The website still has the R51 in the top five news stories on the left hand corner of the front page and it's still on the cover of the catalog, showing in the center of the page, and prominently appearing in its pages. It was never in the "products" web page and the owner's manual was never posted online in the help documents to begin with which is why I scanned in the document and made it publicly available. It's not as if Remington removed any references from their website.lincen wrote:From what we are hearing, or should I say NOT hearing, from Remington lately, it would not be worth the time to call them about serial numbers. They act as if this R51 never existed on their website.
Playing it close to the vest is hurting them. It's burning their public Good Will off the balance sheet as if it were kindling wood.Still no word on a "fix" for these guns and no hint of a recall.
Clouseau wrote:85xxxR1 June, 2017