SRS check on 10,691 Please

[ripper90]

My friend has this rifle which was his fathers and would like to know if someone could check it out. The serial number is 10,691 with a 1894 dated receiver.
Thanks in advance.
ripper90

[Dick Hosmer]

Sorry, nothing between 10690 (ouch!) and 10723.

Are there any regimental markings on the gun?

I ONLY ask that - and break my own long-standing rule by so doing - because 10690 was one of the rifles carried by the 25th Infantry on their epic cross-country bicycle ride. THe fact that yours is not so listed almost certainly means that it did not see the same usage.

[ripper90]

Dick, thank you for the information. I will ask my friend if there are any other marking on the rifle.
John
ripper90

[jon_norstog]

Pictures I've seen from that ride show the rifles strapped or tied to the bicycle frame top tube. I bet they got beat up pretty good, carried that way.

I suppose they sent them in to the arsenal afterwards.

jn

[ripper90]

My friend let me bring his rifle home to look it over. I can't find any other marks except for a JLA cartouche with a 1898 date a 37 right behind the trigger guard and a P behind that. The sight is a model 1896 second model with the large knob on the elevation slide. This rifle is in excellent condition including the bore. Would this be a 1896 rifle that was arsenal restocked? What is the inspectors name in this cartouche?
ripper90

[butlersrangers]

'ripper90': Initials in 'cartouche box' are actually "J.S.A.", for James Sumner Adams.

[ripper90]

Thank you for that information,butlerstrangers.
Ripper90

[Rick the Librarian]

Don't feel bad, I believe Brophy in his Krag book identified some of those markings as "JLA"! :)