Trapdoor state property marks?

[Lead Snowstorm]

I am struck by the fact that it would be great to have the SRS data in a 'modern' DB format, with proper fields, allowing ALL data to be searchable. Maybe someone (much) younger than I could approach Wayne Gagner and see if such exists, or, if not, whether it could be created - which would involve TONS of mind-numbing work (to say nothing of breeding a few errors along the way).

With all the appropriate legal disclaimers…

…there is a seller on the original online clearinghouse, which starts with an “e” and rhymes with day, who is advertising just such a thing on a USB stick or the like. Caveats include the questionable right to the info (although IIRC before my time it was posted as a searchable database free of charge by the original fellow behind it) and that it apparently includes - or included - only the 1995 version of the 4th volume. But supposedly the data is taken from a digital database created for the SRS books.

(I should say I have no idea if everything is searchable in the advertised format.)

http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=244773

[lyman]

Vols. 3,4 - nothing found for ND. Vols. 2 (HUGE TD section) and 1 (the original eye-buster!) yet to go.

I am struck by the fact that it would be great to have the SRS data in a 'modern' DB format, with proper fields, allowing ALL data to be searchable. Maybe someone (much) younger than I could approach Wayne Gagner and see if such exists, or, if not, whether it could be created - which would involve TONS of mind-numbing work (to say nothing of breeding a few errors along the way).

As I see it, you've got quite a chase. First, there is the basic question - WERE any TDs stamped "ND" (or a 19th century equivalent)? If nothing ever turns up in SRS, the odds are there weren't any, but if one/some does/do, how do you find another? Serial number 'closeness' means absolutely nothing. Perhaps the closest thing might be to check the various unit histories and see which, if any, US troops served there? NOT what you want, I know, but it may be the closest thing you'll ever find.

I miss the old website where you could just key in a serial number and find out ,

I'm not computer literate to know what type of database it was stored on,

I joined SRS a year or so ago, (I have 3 of the books from years past)


of course, it would be nice if they offered members access to something like the old website,


honestly tho,, it would be nice if they just updated the current sites,,,

[45govt]

I did purchase a copy of the SRS on the flash drive and the attached is the search function
There are "NO DAK" listings but most are university, "DAK" gives mostly "Univ of SO DAK" and "ND" finds i"ND"ian and 2"ND" and so on.

Here is a screen shot of the search page
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[Zeb]

I did purchase a copy of the SRS on the flash drive and the attached is the search function
There are "NO DAK" listings but most are university, "DAK" gives mostly "Univ of SO DAK" and "ND" finds i"ND"ian and 2"ND" and so on.

Here is a screen shot of the search page
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Looks like I have to find serial 52100 hahaha, that is what they called NDSU back on the day. Any rifles assigned to 20th inf?

[45govt]

Serial number is 535409

[45govt]

Any rifles assigned to 20th inf?

Yes, many.
Serial 71845
73Rifle

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[Zeb]

Does it say when they where issued? I know a lot of the forts where not used into the 1880s thanks for clarifying the serials.

[45govt]

All it says is what you see
020183 is the date that it was surveyed,inspected...

On another note this rifle looks like it had a bad barrel twice??

[Zeb]

All it says is what you see
020183 is the date that it was surveyed,inspected...

On another note this rifle looks like it had a bad barrel twice??

That is interesting maybe the same soldier blew up the barrel twice?

[lyman]

All it says is what you see
020183 is the date that it was surveyed,inspected...

On another note this rifle looks like it had a bad barrel twice??

maybe it was surveyed/inspected etc both days, and not repaired,

would a bad barrel rifle be in stores , at a unit, or ?? that long?

[Zeb]

maybe it was surveyed/inspected etc both days, and not repaired,

would a bad barrel rifle be in stores , at a unit, or ?? that long?

It looks like it was only 8 months apart could have sat in the fort armory until they shipped it to get fixed.

[Merc]

https://www.trapdoorcollector.com/FAQ.html

Here’s an interesting site with FAQs on TDs.

My M1873 has a 1 over 18 stamped on the stock in large numbers (to ID the rack and slot number?) but nothing else to indicate state of origin. Supposedly, the federal govt didn’t mark their TDs in this manner so one would assume it once belonged to the NG or state militia.

[Dick Hosmer]

Excellent site! I suggest posting (and wrote about 99% of the copy for) those FAQs for Al Frasca about 35 years ago - glad to see they are still of use.