Some times these individuals "lost" or purchased the arm and had the money deducted from his pay.
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You might want to also check to see if that individual might have been an Army Quartermaster Dept. In addition to trying to track the name, is there any mention of the unit to which it was issued? If you can find that, it may help find what post the unit was assigned to. Many times, even if the person's military record doesn't give much information, if they lived long enough to claim a pension, they often wrote detailed accounts to back up their claim for the pension! Try for a military record, and also see if there might be a pension record. You might check with the National Archives to see who "P. Often, if there was an individual mentioned as having an arm issued to them, it was either the post ordnance sergeant or officer, or a commanding officer of some kind. The gap in years between when the rifle was manufactured, and its being issued to the 5th Infantry in means both rifles could have been almost anywhere in the intervening years. However, the fact that your rifle is only three numbers away from the one that is listed could be an indication it was in the same box. The other thing is that these arms were not necessarily shipped in the same crate with others in the same number range.
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Thanks again for the information! Unfortunately, serial numbers were seldom, if ever recorded by the Ordnance Dept.
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I think, according to what I read in my SRS book. Vettime82, Closest serial I find to yours isan Trapdoor Rifle issued to a member of 5th Infantry in October 11th The SRS also lists a P. Serial number is four digits,produced in My question is can anyone research its history by serial number? I know its a long shot. Did you miss your activation email? Author Topic: Trapdoor Rifle serial number search request.