Canadian Police Information Centre where the public can search the CPIC database to see if a motor vehicle or bicycle has been reported stolen. Law enforcement partners can register to access more detailed documentation and reports based on information in the CPIC database. YEAR SERIAL NUMBER YEAR SERIAL NUMBER YEAR SERIAL NUMBER. 1914 246892 to 2 400000 to 4 WW II. 1915 to 2 to 4 to 402797. 1916 to 2 to 4 to 402833. 1917 to 2 to 4 to 402898. 1918 to 2 to 4 to 403222. Webley started producing Air Pistols in 1924 and today still produce Air Pistols to the same design principle (see below the Tempest) The early Air Pistols were marked with serial numbers up to the beginning of World War 2. Later Pistols were the marked with usually a threedigit batch number.
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