Springfield Research Center question

[bigborefan]

Hope this is the correct forum for this question. Has anyone here had any dealings with Springfield Research Center (SRC)? After subscribing to their publications, I emailed a question over a couple weeks ago followed by a request for a serial number lookup in their data base on a US Cavalry Colt 45. I'm not in any hurry for a response, but I was hoping they would at least acknowledge receipt of my email. Is this normal and how long have responses been taking to receive any information from past experiance? Thanks

[St. George]

If I remember correctly - SRC is a one-man shop - dependent upon his schedule.

It 'is' Summer' - the season for vacations, graduations and weddings - so be patient.

As to a serial number search - there are a number of ways to figure out when it was made - fewer when it comes to trying to authenticate a piece, and martial Colts are notoriously hard to authenticate.

That's why there are several volumes dedicated to just those Colts.

Good Luck!

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[bigborefan]

St George,
    Thank you for your quick response to my question. I'm really not in any hurry. It's just that I didn't want to wait 2 months without a response from SRC before realizing that my first email to them was not received. I also didn't realize that it was a one man show. I have 4 or 5 good reference books on these Cavalry Colts including 2 Kopec books on the subject. My only interest in contacting SRC was to see if they had any information as to what Cavalry outfit it was issued to. With a little luck , he may have information on it.

[St. George]

SRS has/had an online feature that sometimes comes pretty close to the unit a piece was issued to.

The problem is if the initial unit was ever cross-levelled or if their weapons went into storage for any time - and then gaps appear.

I've seen this primarily with Krags, though - but then, those were what I was looking for.

John Kopec also can help - but he charges a fee and I have no idea what that might be.

Again - Good Luck!

Vaya,

Scouts Out!