SRS Search Request

[NathanHale]

Could someone with knowledge on which branch of the service this reciever might have been issued to, do an SRS search on an SA 1903/1918 receiver serial # 780368?
Purdy please....

[Johnny P]

A high percentage of the SRS hits are years after the rifle was first issued.

[cplnorton]

780053 052324co l 13th inf
780122a2 092443usn dry dock south boston
780154sgs 120125little rock air int dep to ria
780199 030825trp b 2nd cav
780243 050924co f 5th inf
780248 042639uscg old harbor sta
780389 022138ba (receiver to be scrapped)
780518 010520receiver scrapped - c&r rifle
780603 111931ft niagara to sa
780614 051029co h corps of cadets usma
780639 123129american trp shanghai vol corps

[John Beard]

NathanHale,

There are two things to note about the preceding SRS listing.

(1) All the listings are post-WWI and are not the original 1918 WWI issuance pertaining to any of the rifles.

(2) With two exceptions, all the preceding rifles are reported as being in Army inventory at various locations. You may, therefore, reasonably assume that your rifle was originally issued in 1918 to a stateside Army base or Army unit headed for France.

Hope this helps.

J.B.

[Johnny P]

After the U.S. entered WWI mot of the Model 1911 pistols were shipped to the ordnance department, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, New York or Greenville Piers, Jersey City, New Jersey, for shipment directly to France.