Tracing firearms
- Thread starter zube
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"...how to trace its history..." Records of what unit got what rifle have long since been destroyed. Records of what troopie was issued what rifle were not kept.
The broad arrow by itself indicates British ownership. The arrow with an upper case 'C' is Canadian.
The broad arrow by itself indicates British ownership. The arrow with an upper case 'C' is Canadian.
Well, you might want to star by comparing the many markings on her against this .... 
Lee Enfield Rifle Markings (click here)http://home.earthlink.net/~smithkaia8/index.html
Pics would help a lot.....
If you don't know how to host pics and then put the right sized ones here on CGN, then email them to me at badger@milsurps.com and I'll host and put them in this thread for you.
Regards,
Badger
Lee Enfield Rifle Markings (click here)http://home.earthlink.net/~smithkaia8/index.html
Pics would help a lot.....
If you don't know how to host pics and then put the right sized ones here on CGN, then email them to me at badger@milsurps.com and I'll host and put them in this thread for you.
Regards,
Badger
Is there any way to do it the other way around? I have the field book that my grandfather carried in WWI. He has handwritten the serial number of his Lee Enfield in it. Is there any way to find if it made its way onto the Canadian registration system? I'd love to find out where it went.
Well, I doubt you can track the rifle serial number that far down, but you can perhaps find out a lot of other information about him (if you already haven't) using this link in the Milsurps Knowledge Library.
On-line Service Record Searches (Library and Archives Canada) ... click here http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=9
If you're not a member, you may have to register (it keeps #### spammers out), but it's free....
You can go direct, but we've consolidated all the research links into one easily useable post.
The other thing you might want to try is posting the serial number of the rifle in ~Angel~'s "Match Making" Service (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48 forum. Although it's about a looking for a rifle previously owned by a vet, you never know what might turn up.
Finally, send me the serial number via private email and I'll do some research for you through some back channels I have.
Hope this helps....
Regards,
Badger
You could always ask. Because of the nature of the circumstances, there is always the remote possibility that the Registry might tell you if the firearm is registered in Canada. Considering the amount of data that they gave the Ottawa Citizen, they just might.
Sometimes unit markings are found on rifles; Ross rifles in particular can be well marked. With a unit marking, and a history of the unit, you might be able to learn something about a rifle.
