In the late 1890,s as far as I am aware of.
It began in the 1800s. In 1934, US law required SNs on all handguns and machineguns. In 1968 law required them on rifles and shotguns. Prior to 1968, some long guns had serial numbers, some did not.
Serial numbers that started w/23000 are dated form 1911-1912 . 1912 serial numbers start w/ 26000
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I believe these were made in 1966 and 1967 only. 1966 serial numbers start at 1869776 1967 serial numbers start at 2097280 also look at oldmerc.com
No specific characters. Glock serial numbers for a long time now have been 3 letters, then 3 numbers.
Believe that your serial number is incorrect. There are no BT99 serial numbers that start with 47. There are however serial numbers that begin with 74 which is the year (1974)that they were made.
@ 1955319 start; Y series in 1972-86.
1969 = serial start by 932 and 1970 by 032
......NO. Only the first year first run.....and that was 70 of them. Serial numbers start with RO.....the next run serial numbers start with ROY
January 1, 1969, as required by the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Ranger serial numbers start with a "G". DOB on these is circa 1985.