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These days, just about anything with value will have a stamped serial number. Firearms serial numbers and Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) are the most common type of altered or obliterated numbers seen in forensic laboratories. Not all firearms necessarily have a serial number, and therefore, because one is not found does not mean it was obliterated.
Also, due to the many stamp marks a firearm may have, it’s no surprise that a manufacturers’ part number can be confused for a serial number. Some firearms even have one or more hidden serial numbers whose location is not known to the general public.
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