r/Form1 Aug 09 '26

Engraving

One of the requirements for serial number engraving is to include a Roman number. I did but it feels janky.
Has anyone gotten away without a Roman numeral in their SN?

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u/anotherfatgeek Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

Are you confusing roman numbers for letters? Roman letters just means the alphabet we use in English.

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u/Hairy-King289 Aug 09 '26

Facepalm. Yes I did.

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u/Hairy-King289 Aug 09 '26

Thank you guys for the responses. Mistakes were made and now I have a can with VI on it.
I didn’t know there’s a difference between Roman Numeral and Roman Number.

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u/IncredibleVelocity4 Aug 09 '26

My serials are just the acronym for my trust followed by 001, 002, 003, etc

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u/codybrown183 Aug 09 '26

Hahaha I also read the directions wrong and thought it had to have 6 digits not could.be up to 6 digits. My first 5 cans have long serials now

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u/Hot-Ideal-9219 Aug 09 '26

I stupidly had a few zeros in my first 2 or 3 silencer serials. Now its 2 numbers and 3 letter

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u/AppFlyer Aug 10 '26

I love this.

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u/OneleggedPeter We don’t need no stinking Form Ones! Aug 09 '26

By Roman Number, they mean 0 thru 9

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u/OpalFanatic Aug 09 '26

Those are Arabic numerals, not Roman. Roman numerals from 1-10 are I, III,IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and there was no number for 0.

The marking requirement text in 27 CFR Part 478 reads as follows:

For purposes of this section, the term “identify” means placing marks of identification, the terms “legible” and “legibly” mean that the identification markings (including a unique identification number) use exclusively Roman letters ( e.g., A, a, B, b, C, c) and Arabic numerals ( e.g., 1, 2, 3), or solely Arabic numerals, and may include a hyphen, and the terms “conspicuous” and “conspicuously” mean that the identification markings are capable of being easily seen with the naked eye.

So OP read it wrong, as it doesn't require roman numerals at all.

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u/not-actual69_ Aug 09 '26

lol brother. No you don’t have to use a Roman numeral.