Evidence gun engraving?

[sassnetguy50]

Are guns engraved with a case number when used as evidence or when sold at a seized gun auction or...?  

[DeaconKC]

Quite common unfortunately. We have two very nice S&W revolvers in the shop right now with those numbers.

[Rip Snorter]

3 minutes ago, DeaconKC said:

Quite common unfortunately. We have two very nice S&W revolvers in the shop right now with those numbers.

I worked in an era when that was common - I have been told, not done so much the last couple of decades.

[sassnetguy50]

This particular Smith is from 1956.

[John Barleycorn, SASS #76982]

The Barnmaster had several stolen and some were recovered but the idiots did the same thing. For crying out loud remove a grip if you absolutely have to engrave a tracking number. 
Thankfully evidence custodians can now track an evidence item with a serial number with that number. 

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619]

I had a couple revolvers put in evidence over the years and I never saw that. They were just marked with an evidence tag like anything else. (These were civil cases.)

[Alpo]

The gun shop that I used to live at. They traded three or four used Glocks to the local cops for several guns from evidence. And I bought four of them. A Colt Jr in 25, a early '70s 94 Winchester in 30/30. Remington 1100 in 12 gauge and a Rossi overland, also in 12 gauge. None of the four had any kind of evidence numbers scribed on them.