The ugly writing on a Pietta barrel.

[Johnny Tremain]

I had an idea, while looking at some ones new Pietta.
If I sand my barrel down and all metal the writing then re-blue the barrel, are any laws being broken?
The serial number is on the receiver.
So it should not matter what we do to the lawyered up scribble they left on it.

 

[Stantheman86]

I don't even worry about it, I buy my Piettas to blast with at the Range and in the woods .

Ubertis don't have as much of that crap and Uberti 2nd Gen Colts have none

 

[TFoley]

I thought that all the roll-marks on a Pietta C&B handgun were under the barrel, hidden by the loading lever?

 

[Old-Duckman]

Depending on the state you live in the only one who could trace the serial number to you would be the seller, if they even keep records of that. In PA muzzle loaders do not have to be shipped to a dealer, so the serial number is not associated with your name.

I don’t think that removing a warning would be against any federal law But who knows. The only way that I could see you getting in trouble is if you sold the gun to someone and they injured themselves or someone else by using smokeless powder. A lawyer would have a field day with that and you would probably be liable for damages. Depending on the severity of the injury, even up to death, it might then become a criminal offense not just a civil suit. But I’m no lawyer…

that aside, those letters are probably pretty deep. It would probably take considerable draw filing to remove them and then polishing to remove the filing marks. Unless you filed the whole length of the barrel and not just the letters…there would be an unsightly depression on the barrel.

Personally I would leave well enough alone.

 

[JRL1164]

I thought that all the roll-marks on a Pietta C&B handgun were under the barrel, hidden by the loading lever?

Your probably thinking about Uberti. Both my Pietta's are stamped down the side of the barrel.

 

[64Springer]

The OP is a menace to society.

Those warnings are there for a reason.

I can just imagine what the OP's tag-less mattresses look like.

 

[user 48679]

I had an idea, while looking at some ones new Pietta.
If I sand my barrel down and all metal the writing then re-blue the barrel, are any laws being broken?
The serial number is on the receiver.
So it should not matter what we do to the lawyered up scribble they left on it.

The op is referred to as de-farbing (google) - quite common, and AFAIK nobody has gone to jail for it.

 

[springfield art]

I had an idea, while looking at some ones new Pietta.
If I sand my barrel down and all metal the writing then re-blue the barrel, are any laws being broken?
The serial number is on the receiver.
So it should not matter what we do to the lawyered up scribble they left on it.

No problem at all, it's done all the time; I wish they'd "hide" the marks under the bbl. or something.

 

[Stantheman86]

Uberti is the way to go if you want a more "HC" gun

The newest Piettas look laser engraved so maybe easier to file off. You'll still have to file some meat off the barrel and it won't look right unless you have magical skills like the Lodgewood gunsmiths