Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Serial Number Database for Stolen Firearms? (99R)

My dad just mentioned again how his great old 99R was stolen many years ago. I was also interested to hear that he still had the serial number.

Anyone know if there is anyplace to go to plug this number into a database to see if it's turned up anywhere as recovered stolen property or in a pawn shop or wherever?

Not that I know of.

I have tried every way I know how to try to get a list of stolen fire arms I beleive it is impossible. even the local police are total morons. they will give out a list but NO SERIAL#. they said if I suspect a firearm as being stolen that is listed by MDL to call them and they will check the serial #. the only way I get the serial # is if I see a local theft I contact the person that it was stolen from and they will gladly give me the serial #. the local dealers also get a list regularly but no ser#. what the He** is wrong with this stupid system???

probably the only thing you can do is watch for the rifle and if by chance you find it buy it. i know several rifles were stolen from my brother a few years back some of wich were family guns if i ever see them for sale i will buy without a question. after i own them then there will be a few questions.
good luck ctw

How can you look up serial numbers

I think it's called NCIC, a National data base of stolen firearms. Every police department is tied in to it. But they may not give you any information. About 20 years ago I had an M1 carbine stolen, and my next door neighbor was a state policeman. He and I were good friends and about once a month he would check my serial number on the data base to see if there would be a hit. If you know a cop ask him if he would check for you. But if it was never turned into the police as stolen, there won't be anything there.

If you have a stolen firearm and report it as stolen (along with the serial number), if that firearm is called in at any point (e.g. from a dealer checking to see if it is stolen), you should eventually get the gun back. If as a dealer, you call the number in and it turns up as a stolen gun on their list, they do expect it will be turned into law enforcement. Also, guns remain on the list only so many years - I'm not sure of the exact number of years, I think that varies based on whether there is a crime attached to a stolen gun (e.g. the person the gun was stolen from was murdered). The reality is a stolen gun can often be sold and traded many times without it ever being called in. After a few years, it drops off the list and essentially the gun is no longer a stolen gun unless the original owner runs into it at some point.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> NCIC National Criminal Investigation Code. It is a database of anything stolen. BUT when it is stolen, it HAS to be reported AND when reported it HAS to be entered. Now, I totally agree with Hubert, most cops ARE morons. I know. I used to be one. MOST, but not ALL of the cops I worked with didn't have enough intelligence to qualify as a moron. POLICE.... People Of Lesser Intelligence Can't Excell. Sadly, about the only way I know for you to get the information you need is to go to the police and have them run the serial number. Maybe if you offer them a doughnut they'll help. Better yet maybe a gift certificate to the local Dunkin Doughnut. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />