How much does SIN number degrade the value of rifle

A couple hundred dollars less than it would be worth. I’ve had and sold quite a few, always at a discount. I think I would discount a car if there was numbers scratched into the paint, same here.
 
Our SIN numbers were used and put out there all the time until the 80’s and I believe possibly through a good part of the 90’s. Your SIN was your military “ID” for a long time. I forget when we were issued a new service number, but it was part way through my enlistment. Up until that time, you used your SIN number.
 
Me fruck'in Lawrd, the attitttittewd awn'ear with S.I.N. #'s.
Owww many awf yew negatiff sorts lost thousands of $$'s worth of tools?
I've bin skewp'd mawr'in wunce.
Laddies in Blue mentioned S.I.N. #'s at least identify yer goods iff'in stolen goods are recovered.
Then azz time went by, SIN's were been hacked.
Driver's licence #'s were the next best next oh kin.
Then this wuzz'int gooder.

Find the fruck'in theeeve's and deal with them in yer own way.

Rant dunnn
 
I can understand engraving a number unique to you on your property but he could have done it in a less conspicuous place like on the underside of the barrel in the stock forend so it isn't so obvious or if you have to have it visible use a punch that stamps the number.

Definitely detracts from the value IMHO.
 
As Dennis said not easy to remove complete strip of bluing , then carefully buffing out numbers possibly would still show discolouration even if it turned out that you could not see where the numbers were it would still be a reblued rifle . To me 50% devaluation
 
To rematch the steyr factory bluing will be difficult. Imho, its cut the value in half. Its a 12-1500ish rifle, but with the damage, i would say 600$. As a shooter or parts gun i would say 700$. Genuinely, i know we have some guys in Canada good with bluing, but i dont know they will be able to make it look like factory.
Gotta say, saw lots of sin marked rifles, or names inscribed in them, but never in four places.
 
Just value your offer to your friend as a shooter grade rifle compared to a collector.Your friend should realize that to collectors condition is everything and the sin number engravings on the rifle itself is no better than if the metal was pitted in those areas .It can be a hard pill to swallow but it is what it is.In the collectors world it would be like having a pristine first edition book that someone Put his name on it four times.
 
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Lost half its value to me easily. Worse than shooting a commemorative.
I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s and everyone collected hockey cards. A younger kid was especially in to it and we all handed over our box of cards when we were bored with it. He wrote his name on every one!
Had enough Wayne Gretzky rookie cards to put him through college had he not.
 
Ridiculous why stupid people did this and still do. Devalues the item, defaces it as well. I wouldnt buy one - Period. Makes them ugly and doing this was never required.
 
For myself ,I have very little interest in any firearm that has had any thing etched on it.Value to me would be very low and only for a shooter.
 
Bigbubba said:
it would not bother me at all
I would buy it and hunt with it - nice rifle...what calibre?

But I would be offering hunter rifle prices not collector rifle prices
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That's my plan, I was very excited when he told me he had one for sale until I saw the etchings.
It's 30-06 which I have 3 others already but no Mannlichers, hopefully it shoots well.

JJ
 
Was thinking about earlier comments in this thread. I don't think the SIN was to allow police to ID and return to you - it was for you to ID as your stuff. You filed a report that it was stolen - here is what it looks like. Many rifles, like Cooey, did not have serial number. So engraving SIN or Regimental number or whatever was pretty unique way to identify an item as belonging to you - in Op's case, the scope, the mount, the rifle, etc. Regarding current concern about use of SIN: When I went to Tech in 1980's / 1990's, (Moose Jaw, Sask, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Arts and Science) our SIN was our student number - had to rattle it off if you wanted to pick up marks, or whatever. May not be what it is thought of today, but not that many years ago, was a very commonly used number to associate with you. I actually filled out forms, in class, and received mine as handout from high school teacher in high school - perhaps 1970?
 
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