No. You should take it to a gun dealer to help identify it.
You can check with the dealer where the gun was purchased. He will need month and year of purchase.
To find your Winchester model 1897 serial number you need to look on the gun. You also can take it to a local gun dealer who can help find the number.
No practical way to do this. If the seller was a dealer, and you filled out paperwork at the show, you may be able to go to the dealer and have them check their records. If you do not know who the dealer was, no way.
The gun and a receipt from the dealer.
The value of any gun is based on make, model and condition. We cannot tell that from the serial number. You need a hands on appraisal. Take your shotgun to a reputable gun dealer or gun show near you.
depends on where you are, but you can always take it to a gun dealer and have them sell it for you. Procedure varies from state to state.
Yes it is illegal to own a gun that does not have a serial number. It is also illegal to remove the serial number off a gun.
You may sell it to a dealer, have a dealer sell it for you, or you may sell it directly to another resident of Arkansas so long as they are old enough to buy a handgun, and you do not have reason to believe the buyer is not able to legally own a gun. If the gun is being sold to someone in another state, the gun must be sent TO a gun dealer in that state.
You'd have to either sell it to an FFL dealer, or sell it through an FFL dealer on consignment.
When a person that is not a dealer sells a gun to another non-dealer. Both must be residents of Texas.
With just the serial number, nothing.