Low Number RIA SRS Pleasae

[Tdarmo]

Just wanted to know if get a hit Serial #919

[Tdarmo]

Rifle has dimpled butt, vice marks on a SA 6-42 barrel, finger groove stock,big P without circle behind trigger guard, C8 straight bolt, hatcher hole. Ill try and post pictures later.

[cplnorton]

It sound like a Marine rebuild from your description. Here is what I have that is Marine around it.

259 USMC - OBSERVED
383 020390USMC FIELD MUSEUM QUANTICO
2073 121838USMC
2792 092830USMC - HAITI (TURNED IN)

And these are the serials around it from the regular SRS.

849 RI 11/14/1930 TRP A 12TH CAV
874 06/07/1909 TRP A 8TH CAV (SIGHT TEST)
908 RI 07/25/1925 US ARMY TROOPS IN CHINA
927 02/15/1924 SVC DET 1ST SQDN 3RD CAV
934 12/11/1903 PENNSYLVANIA, GOVERNOR OF

[RCS]

cplnorton, could you check these serial numbers, they all came from the CMP

SA 4918

RIA 3670

RIA 3576

Thanks Robert

[cplnorton]

Yeah no problem. Here you go.

This is for the last two.

3405 040935LITTLE ROCK AIR DEPOT (UNS)
3420RI 101827US ARMY TROOPS IN CHINA
3541 022704CAPT W C BROWN
3616 031627USATC - CO I 15TH INF
3627 121240TRP K 115TH CAV (H-MECZ)
3659 021408STATE OF VT
3659RI 06131211TH INF (TURNED IN)
3704 03 08CO D USCC
3819 031236FT MILLS CORREGIDOR
3852 102618CAMP A A HUMPHREYS (INSPECTED)
3852 102818INSPECTED


For the 4918

4750 012992SA SPAR 6157
4751 102622SA INSP OF AUGUSTA C&R RIFLES
4829PED 030928SA (FROM FT THOMAS)
4879RI 063032NJ NG
4887RI 062426CORNELL UNIV TO SA
4919RI 121808CRUCIBLE STEEL
4970 123129AMERICAN TRP SHANGHAI VOL CORPS
4970 063034SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER CORPS
4999RI 06171211TH INF (TURNED IN)
5027 051429CO C CORPS OF CADETS USMA

[RCS]

Thanks for the check on my four digit serial numbers.

This SA serial number 1031506 was purchased in the early 1960's and believed to be a USMC
rifle, but to date without a SRS "hit"3857438575385763857738578 barrel is Sedgley 9-41

[cplnorton]

Thanks for the check on my four digit serial numbers.

This SA serial number 1031506 was purchased in the early 1960's and believed to be a USMC
rifle, but to date without a SRS "hit" barrel is Sedgley 9-41

Anytime. Yeah that one is very safe to say as being a Marine rifle. There absolutely no doubt in my opinion.

There is a hit about 16 digits off to a 2nd Marine Regiment rifle. The Marines did have a directive that low numbers were not to be used with Rifle Grenades, so you see a lot of high numbers going to the Infantry. So never know, a close 2nd Regiment hit, and a 9/41 barrel date, one starts to wonder where it might have served. :) Wouldn't it be neat to know?

[RCS]

Thanks again for checking my serial numbers, did you notice the darker color on the Sedgley barrel