The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Re the destruction of The Pedersen Device

alan · May 30, 2014, 10:57 AM

Joe Demko:

Thanks for the link. I found the article quite interesting. Over the years, I've seen a few Mark 1 Springfield Rifles, none with the Pedersen Device itself. As I remember, the ejection port was in the receiver ring, at about the 10 O'clock position. I could be wrong about that though. Especially interesting was mention of the Mark 1 receivers being "double heat treat receivers", they having been the strongest Springfield receivers ever produced.

Re the destruction of the Pedersen Devices, as opposed to their being sold through the then DCM, that strikes me as something of a surprise, given that small arms deemed surplus to needs had, for many years, been offered for sale. As for "storage costs", I wonder what they might have amounted to anyhow.

May 30, 2014, 10:57 AM	#12
alan Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 1999 Posts: 3,847	Joe Demko: Thanks for the link. I found the article quite interesting. Over the years, I've seen a few Mark 1 Springfield Rifles, none with the Pedersen Device itself. As I remember, the ejection port was in the receiver ring, at about the 10 O'clock position. I could be wrong about that though. Especially interesting was mention of the Mark 1 receivers being "double heat treat receivers", they having been the strongest Springfield receivers ever produced. Re the destruction of the Pedersen Devices, as opposed to their being sold through the then DCM, that strikes me as something of a surprise, given that small arms deemed surplus to needs had, for many years, been offered for sale. As for "storage costs", I wonder what they might have amounted to anyhow.