butlersrangers wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2019 at 12:08pm:

... IMHO - Just listing numbers is of little value. The context is much more interesting and the most valuable part of the story. "62nd Congress, Volume V" is kind of meaningless and confusing as a description. (Kind of like 'Cumberland Guard', when the real story was the destruction of Krags at a U.S. Depot). "Knute1" found a record of 60 Krag rifles with a very interesting context. These rifles don't seem to appear in SRS data, but would have, if Mallory had known about the record. "Knute1" should be credited for finding this obscure 'official record'.

The same observation can be said of Mr. Mallory's (PBOH) work.  All he gives is the sn, model, date, and usage.  How much more interesting would it be if his book was published in the time of the internet in an expanded database?  I would love to see his source books just to read a sampling of those times.  It is like Mr. Farmer (PBOH) alludes to in his book on the workings and mindsets of the those old guys.

I think Knute has received credit by virtue of his post.

There is a certain mindset when anyone checks in Mallory's (PBOH) book like "Oh, I checked in Mallory and...".  Well why not have the same thing with KCA?  Such as:

"I checked in the KCA and their database says my rifle was listed in such and such publication 1933 and they had a link to it!"

KCA would be the premier place for Krags.  (it is now but let's take it world wide.)