Griffin & Howe

	Current Database	The database includes firearms sold by VL&D between 1901 and 1929 as well as the those sold by A&F between 1929 and 1956. Currently indexing 1957.
	Mauser and M-S Rifles	Serial numbers for Mauser and Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles between 1901 and 1929 have just been added.
	COLLECTORS	If a factory letter says your Winchester, Remington, Marlin, Colt or Smith & Wesson was shipped to VL&D or A&F, and you know the year, please email a request for a lookup.
	USED GUN SALES	I have considered for a while now whether to include second hand and consigned guns sold by VL&D and A&F in the research listings. The disadvantage is that a Used Gun listing doesn't suggest a manufacture date or the name of the original purchaser or the original physical specifications. But on the other hand, guns that are so listed often have the name of both the buyer and the seller a well as the physical dimensions at the time of resale. Seeing that Ernest Hemingway purchased 2 used Merkel O/U's helped to make my decision. I will add the Used Gun sales as a separate model, that model being "Used". Please understand that you may find your serial number under the Make/Model if it was a new gun sale and/or also under the 'Used' model for a given Make if the gun was resold by VL&D or A&F. A Certificate of Previously Owned Firearm Transaction will be provided, along with photographs of the records, for a Research fee of $50. There is no additional fee if the firearm appears in both new and used sales. I should also note that I have not broken down the more prolific makes by their models, that is, if you search a particular number under Used Winchesters, the serial number may appear, but it might be for a Model 12, 21, 1876, 1892, 94, 63, 70 or scores of other Winchester models. If your number appears in the Used gun lists, please email your Make, Model and Serial Number to research@griffinhowe.com and I will be very happy to tell you which model the listed serial number applies to. Bob Beach
	LC Smith Serial Numbers	Beginning in 1946 the A&F records start to show the LC Smith serial numbers beginning with the letter 'S' but this is unfortunately not consistent. I have created a new category for the guns made and received after 1946. This category appears as a model under LC Smith called "Post 1946 Manuf". The numbers in this list may or may not be preceedeed by the 'S', depending on the way in which each appears in the records. Please look for your gun assuming that it may be listed either way. Guns made beginning in 1946 were made by the LC Smith Co. under Marlin, as opposed to Hunter Arms.
	Griffin & Howe Research Project Goes to the Vintage Cup Shoot	Have you been curious about who was the original owner of your gun? Or when was it sold? Or how much it originally cost? If your sporting firearm ever passed through the hallowed portals of Von Lengerke & Detmold or Abercrombie & Fitch, the chances are very good that this information is now available through the Griffin & Howe Research Project. Almost 50,000 vintage long arms from the gun sales records of VL&D and A&F have been indexed by make model and serial number by the ongoing research project of Griffin & Howe, the custodian of the original records. The digital copies of these record pages, along with the index of firearms, will travel to Pintail Point, Maryland on September 25, 26, 27, and 28 for the annual Vintage Cup shoot sponsored by the Order of Edwarian Gunners, The Vintagers. The computerized records will be in the Griffin & Howe tent so bring the make and serial number of your favorite vintage sporting guns and see if your gun is one of the 4500 Francottes, 2700 Parkers, 2000 LC Smiths, 1300 Foxes, 1500 Mannlicher-Schoenauers, or thousands of other fine firearms that were sold to sporting men and women across the country, including Hemingway, the Roosevelts, EF Hutton, William Randolph Hearst, Harry Truman, and countless other people, some famous and a few infamous. Let us help you to brush away the cobwebs of time and place your treasure in a historical context that will add to your understanding and appreciation of the guns in your collection.