03 model 1

greyrifle · 10-20-2003, 12:15 AM

Found a very good 03 cut for the peterson device. The bbl is 2-18.
Stock has been cut, So, now the hunt is on to accquire a stock and sights and other parts. My heart races at the thought!!

P.S. It was under $200.00

grizzly · 10-20-2003, 08:44 PM

What am I missing here?

greyrifle · 10-21-2003, 12:54 AM

The Peterson device was developed near the end of WW1 as a trench warfare weapon. It used a "device", magazine, that fed through a oval cut in the side of
the side rail. The cartridge was similar to a .30 carbine, only smaller. It never weny
into action and the mags,ammo and most of the rifles were scrapped. This rifle is
now very scarce.
Allan

NRAJOE · 10-21-2003, 01:18 AM

Wow! I seen a report on those not too long ago in a magazine (can't remember which it was) that would be awesomely rare!

oldBEAR · 10-21-2003, 07:54 PM

The Pedersen devise was developed in 1918 to replace the bolt in a specially modified M1903 and give the Doughboy semi-automatic capability. It used a .30 caliber round similar to the carbine round but shorter(as already stated). It utilized a 40 round magazine. The m1903 was specially modified with an ejection port cutout on the left side of the receiver, modified trigger sear and cutoff and a small cutout on the left side of the stock for ejection port clearance. Although it was approved for use and developed and manufactured in secret, it was too late for the war. Since post war military saw no need for the device, it and the Mark I rifles were kept in storage (and in secret) until the 1930s. When the budget belt tightening got real bad for the military they decided to defray the storage cost by destroying the devices and returning the rifles to the M1903 configuration and then issuing to active and guard units.
The rifles are not scarce (CMP sold them for about $500) but the Pedersen devices are almost impossible to find ($30k+).
Hope this helps.
oldBEAR

greyrifle · 10-21-2003, 11:24 PM

I love it when I learn something new, especially about firearms.!!

10-20-2003, 12:15 AM	#1
greyrifle Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 34	03 mark 1 Found a very good 03 cut for the peterson device. The bbl is 2-18. Stock has been cut, So, now the hunt is on to accquire a stock and sights and other parts. My heart races at the thought!! P.S. It was under $200.00 Last edited by greyrifle; 10-21-2003 at 11:23 PM.

10-20-2003, 08:44 PM	#2
grizzly Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: PDR of IL Posts: 653	Peterson Device???? What am I missing here? __________________ When white man found this land, Indians were running it. No Taxes... No Debt... Plenty Buffalo... Plenty beaver! Women did most of the work. Medicine Man free! Indian men hunted and fished all the time! White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that. "The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." --Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824.

10-21-2003, 01:18 AM	#4
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,052 Images: 3	Wow! I seen a report on those not too long ago in a magazine (can't remember which it was) that would be awesomely rare! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-21-2003, 07:54 PM	#5
oldBEAR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6	Pedersen Device and the M1903 Mark I The Pedersen devise was developed in 1918 to replace the bolt in a specially modified M1903 and give the Doughboy semi-automatic capability. It used a .30 caliber round similar to the carbine round but shorter(as already stated). It utilized a 40 round magazine. The m1903 was specially modified with an ejection port cutout on the left side of the receiver, modified trigger sear and cutoff and a small cutout on the left side of the stock for ejection port clearance. Although it was approved for use and developed and manufactured in secret, it was too late for the war. Since post war military saw no need for the device, it and the Mark I rifles were kept in storage (and in secret) until the 1930s. When the budget belt tightening got real bad for the military they decided to defray the storage cost by destroying the devices and returning the rifles to the M1903 configuration and then issuing to active and guard units. The rifles are not scarce (CMP sold them for about $500) but the Pedersen devices are almost impossible to find ($30k+). Hope this helps. oldBEAR Last edited by oldBEAR; 10-25-2003 at 08:42 PM.

10-21-2003, 12:54 AM	#3
greyrifle Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 34	The Peterson device was developed near the end of WW1 as a trench warfare weapon. It used a "device", magazine, that fed through a oval cut in the side of the side rail. The cartridge was similar to a .30 carbine, only smaller. It never weny into action and the mags,ammo and most of the rifles were scrapped. This rifle is now very scarce. Allan

10-21-2003, 11:24 PM	#6
greyrifle Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 34	I love it when I learn something new, especially about firearms.!!