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matt45
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December 01, 2016, 09:18:17 AM »
Hello the Camp,
I recently purchased an 1884 Long Tom, serial #307717. Any idea among all who are smarter and more well versed as to date of mfg. or the unit(s) it went to? It shoots great.
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Speaking of serial #s ....
a workmate of mine had a Trapdoor carbine he inherited from his grandparents who lived on the Alberta/Saskatchewan prairies. It was kind of beaten up, brass tack decorated and had a copper band replacing the steel barrel band. The story was that they swapped it from a Indian quide on a hunting trip in the 1930s.
I gave him the list of the known carbines used by Custer's 7th Cavalry so he could check it out. I lost contact with him for two years and asked if he had done so. No, he hadn't!
I was utterly disgusted and offered to buy it from him. He refused.
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December 01, 2016, 05:06:08 PM »
My reference book "Trapdoor Springfield" by M.D."Bud" Waite says that serial number is one of 9,244 rifles built in the first quarter of 1886. Right off hand I don't see any info as to who it was issued to. Definitely not smarter, I just had a book to look it up!
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Dusty Tagalon
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Re: Trapdoor Serial #
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December 01, 2016, 05:09:35 PM »
1886, 306,548-347,218
1886, 34,162 rifles, 6000 carbines. I have a rifle from 1886 SN 337722.
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Re: Trapdoor Serial #
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December 01, 2016, 05:12:34 PM »
And these weren't issued out in serial number sequence, by a long shot.
A weapon issued to one Regiment's next serial number may easily have been issued to a completely different unit in a different Department.
Why?
Because the Army didn't care about such things and issued as-needed and not by bloc number.
Scouts Out!
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Re: Trapdoor Serial #
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December 02, 2016, 12:14:41 PM »
Quote from: St. George on December 01, 2016, 05:12:34 PM
And these weren't issued out in serial number sequence, by a long shot.
Sure was inconsiderate of them too.
Might have made me being able to find #5725 easier.
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December 02, 2016, 03:14:14 PM »
If I may be so bold as to inquire General Jerry Sir, why do you lust for #5725?
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I believe he owns #5724 and #5726. Pretty cool!
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