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Pretty much from the first time someone wanted to know how many were being produced
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And when folks needed to account for WHO had WHICH gun, when they were same model and make. Serial numbers for military arms began around the mid 1800s. By US law, they were not REQUIRED for rifles and shotguns until the 1968 Gun Control Act.
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