For example, factory letters can often be obtained for some U.S. Even on those rare occasions when some information can be garnered, it is normally just a “snapshot” of the weapon at a given point. As we have mentioned here before, in the vast majority of cases, that simply isn’t possible. military weapon and the question seems to be asked with more and more frequency. I get a lot of inquiries from guys wanting to find out the “history” of a particular U.S. More thoughts on “tracing the history” of a Gun. Jet Fixer gave you the short answer, here is the long answer.
boy would I like to have had one of his guns. what would his grand kids have to say about getting grandpa's rifle back? My grandfather was a one-of-a-kind, and even though my mom hated him.
I wonder if even if the son wasn't interested in getting the rifle back. but with those letters he got a gift very few of us could ever receive.
He never got to hear what his dad thought of him while his dad was alive. listed a lot of his son's activities and accomplishments. But the letters had the dad telling the brother how proud he was of his son and how much he loved and admired him. He honestly didn't even think his dad liked him all that much. He and his dad had never had what he thought was much of a relationship. He gave the guy all the letters his dad had written about him. particularly made possible because it was an unusual last name. He tracked down the guy's son by the name on the letters. The letters were mostly him telling his brother about family stuff. While he was pulling out the draws he found a stack of letter some guy had written to his brother. A guy bought an antique desk with the idea of restoring it best he could and using it in his office. Aside from what my father brought back from ETA, I consider this one of my most treasured pieces of WWII history.Ībout 20 years ago I heard a pretty freak story on tracking history that had a remarkable ending. Interestly, the son had no interest in getting it back. I tracked down his son and confirmed that the soldier did land on D-Day and was subsequently wounded. I repatriated a carbine stock from Northern France and found the name and s/n on the sling of the soldier who carried it. I think it would be a blast to put in the sleuthing to pull up my rifle's history.
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And on top of that they have probably been issued to a string of soldiers.ĭoes anyone keep records of what soldier carried what serial number rifle? Or were they just issued to a platoon and not kept with the same soldier? Or are there no records like this at all that there is public access to? so probably almost no one has all original parts - but at least the serial number stays they same as the rifle is remade. but some may track back to having been part of some pretty significant parts of WWII and Korea. I know most won't track back to having been carried by anyone famous in most cases. It's the history, not the weapon itself, that gives it the collectors' value.īut I am curious about whether or not our M1's can be tracked simply because it would be great to be able to preserve the history of some of these rifles. and obviously people do that kind of tracking because selling a gun or knife known to have been owned by some people adds tremendously to the value. I've heard of different guns being tracked down to having been owned by everyone from Melvin Purvis to Wyatt Earp. Similarly, with my first wife her wedding ring when given to us as a gift was a Provenance ring with a remarkable history. When I bought my wife her engagement ring it was what is called a "Provenance ring." This means we tracked the history to when it was made in 1920, what jeweler made it, who first wore it, and the history of how it was handed down in one family until we bought it at an estate sale.
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