SRS Value Question

[usmc69]

Does a Gun showing up on the SRS list have any added value placed on it? Or is it just the satisfaction of knowing where it was at acertian point in it's existance?

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[Rob Greer]

For me, I would consider it nothing but knowledge. Of course, if it showed something interesting it could start affecting the value. Just my opinion...

[mark1]

The serial number being listed in SRS gives the pistol or rifle providence. This can increase the value. The reference on SRS is only a snap shot in time. Who knows what happened after that.

[Duane Hansen]

I believe the word is provenance, which means the origin or a snapshot in history of a gun. If it shows the pistol being on a certain Ship or owned by some well known figure, it would definately be worth more. And with that information one could do further investigation on the person or ship as well.

[mark1]

Woops on the spelling. Right idea wrong word.

[Scott Gahimer]

The value of any pistol is based primarily on what the pistol is, the originality and condition.
Because of the nature of an SRS direct hit, and that the hit can be anything, interest, desirability and value may all be affected.
If the hit provides shipping information already established and known, then the hit does little to affect value...even if it is a Navy hit.
The hits that add the most interest and value are the ones that provide typically unknown information.
Even those reported lost or stolen add some interest and value to some. They tell the real story behind how a pistol got into private hands...in fact how most pistols probably got home with GI's.
Rather than some BS story that comes from many sellers, I'd rather know the truth about the history of my stuff. An SRS hit might provide that truth.

[wayne10]

Admiral Nimitz's 1911 has just been lettered.

Data on Harrington & Richardson 1911 contract in WW2 has been found.

[Johnny Peppers]

Does the H&R information contain anything other than that there was a contract? Not asking for details, but anything more than the existence of the Educational Order of 1940 for 500 pistols, and the 1941 contract for an additional 52,250 pistols?

[NyteOwl]

I'm a relative newcomer to researching such things but what is SRS?

[mark1]

SRS is Springfield Research Service. The data used to be on line but due to abuse, it was pulled. You now need to subscribe to SRS to get the data. The data is a snap shot in time of US Military fire arms base in the serial number and model.