NSN

TheBrassMan

September 12, 2015 11:32

I have an older Marlin Model 989. It is not the M2 version.
I want to list it but it has no serial number. The tag my FIL had put on it
says NSN. Which I know stands for "No Serial Number". It is in nice condition, but I am nervous
because it has NSN.
Didn't they make them without serial numbers?

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  PA Shootist

  September 12, 2015 11:38

  Yes of course, many firearms, especially lower-priced firearms, were manufactured without serial numbers, before the BATF required them.

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  rufe-snow

  September 12, 2015 11:53

  The Marlin Model 989M2, was produced from 1965 to 1979. Prior to the Gun Control act of 1968. They weren't required to have serial numbers.

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  dcs shooters

  September 12, 2015 11:53

  Before GC '68 serial numbers were not required. Most 22,s did not have them before that.

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  11b6r

  September 12, 2015 12:22

  I have about 2 dozen Mossberg 22 rifles. ONE (made for the US Govt) has a serial number.
  
  While it is highly illegal to remove a serial number from a firearm, rifles and shotguns were not required to be serially numbered until 1968. Handguns, after 1934.
  
  Perfectly legal for a pre '68 rile to not have had a serial number, and they go into my bound book as NSN.

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  TheBrassMan

  September 12, 2015 12:58

  Thank you.
  Makes me feel better. Will have to take pictures and list it in the next few days.

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