08/27/2026
If you are bringing a gun in to find out what it is, four things separate a real answer from a maybe.
Anything that came with it. The original box. Factory paperwork or a factory letter. The tools, the holster, the spare magazines. People leave those at home because they do not seem important. They move the number more than almost anything else does.
Whether it has been apart. If a gunsmith has worked on it, or a part has been replaced somewhere along the way, say so. We will find it either way, and knowing up front saves going back over everything.
The markings, left alone. The numbers and letters on the barrel and the receiver are usually where the answer lives. You do not need to be able to read them. Just do not clean them.
What the situation is. Whether there is a timeline changes what we would actually recommend, and we would rather work around a real constraint than guess at one.
None of this takes any expertise on your side. It just means the first conversation is a real one instead of a preliminary one. And whether you do anything with it after that is entirely up to you. Plenty of people find out what they have and take it home.
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