Try for a military record, and also see if there might be a pension record. You might check with the National Archives to see who "P. Often, if there was an individual mentioned as having an arm issued to them, it was either the post ordnance sergeant or officer, or a commanding officer of some kind. The gap in years between 1884 when the rifle was manufactured, and its being issued to the 5th Infantry in 1889 means both rifles could have been almost anywhere in the intervening years. However, the fact that your rifle is only three numbers away from the one that is listed could be an indication it was in the same box. The other thing is that these arms were not necessarily shipped in the same crate with others in the same number range. Unfortunately, serial numbers were seldom, if ever recorded by the Ordnance Dept., when the weapons were issued, so that information is unusual, and fortunate.
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