Birth year guns - Do you look for them?

[MSAA Personal]

I’ve just started look for them in guns that I collect, 10/22, Makarovs or whstever
I also by guns depending on Ser #
I found a Sig p226 with my sons birth day in the Ser #0002598. 02-05-98. Gave it to him when he turned 21.
surprise the heck out of him when he saw the serial number
I had to pointed out to him naturally...

 

[JWC]

Now it looks like I am going to have to start looking for a S&W made in my son's birth year.

 

[BIKER13]

Have a 1951 Ga car tag in a shadow box with a 1951 penny.

 

[Fatdaddy]

Is finding a birth year rifle, pistol, revolver, etc, important? To me, yes. I searched for a specific S&W revolver made in my birth year for years and years. Came close to the year a couple of times, but just could not find the S&W I wanted.

I am a Marlin fan also, and I had been looking for a Marlin 39a Peanut. Why you may ask, because it was only made one year, my birth year. I found one about 9 months ago, but I did not pull the trigger quick enough and it sold. Then low and behold, one came up on ODT. A little more than I wanted to pay, but I was not about to let this one get away from me. So, I paid more than I wanted to pay, but I have it.

Just asking how you guys feel about searching for a birth year gun. If you have found one, what is it and if you haven't found it, what are you looking to find.

Marlin 39a Peanut (Made in 1951 only)

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It is nick named the "peanut" because of this peanut shaped brass insert

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I'm never actively looking for a birth year firearm but every old one I buy I do research the year and take a trip down memory lane about what was going on in my life at the time. It's kind of fun to wonder about exactly what you doing when a gun was being made.

 

[100 bullets]

I have a factory full auto AR 15 in my birth year.

 

[MidniteFlame]

It is even better when it is the correct month. This one may look somewhat familiar to you JWC

 

[JWC]

It does look familiar! Good looking revolver. Being the month of your birth year is very cool! Enjoy my friend.

 

[GeauxLSU]

Yes, I'd like to have one and have 'casually' looked for a while. So far nada. I'd rather a birth year car.
I have a snubbie S&W 10-5 born in 1970 edit 1981, if any of you whippersnappers are interested.

 

[GeauxLSU]

I have a snubbie S&W 10-5 born in 1970 if any of you whippersnappers are interested.

Make that a 1981 10-5.

 

[Bandwidth]

It's not important to me. When I was born was sheer luck of the draw. There's nothing special about guns made that year.