I posted this question in another forum. How well do you suppose the records are kept. I have two rifles that were purchased by my father 25 years ago in a store called Hecks which went out of business 15 years ago. It was a K-mart style department store. They were also purchased in a different state from where he lives and from where I now live. How long do you suppose those records are kept and how well do you think they can track them across state lines that didn't require anyone to be a resident and the store went out of business and probably trashed all their records in the process if they even still had them. I'm sure there are lots of other people who bought similar.