Extremely rare Springfield 1903 Pedersen cutout

WW1 and very rare 1903 Springfield with Pedersen device cutout and rare survivor of the arsenal destruction of the secret progam rifles and devices that were mostly destroyed by the US government in 1931.

The devices, magazines, ammunition and rifles were subsequently placed in storage,[2] and declared surplus in 1931.[4] When the United States Army decided they did not want to pay the cost of storing the devices, nearly all of the stored devices were destroyed except for a few examples kept by the Ordnance Department.[1] Fewer than 100 Pedersen devices escaped ordered destruction to become extremely rare collector's items.

The Pedersen device was an experimental and secret program weapon attachment for the M1903 Springfield bolt action rifle that allowed it to fire a .30 caliber (7.62 mm) pistol-type cartridge in semi-automatic fire mode.The attachment was developed to allow an infantryman to convert "their rifle to a form of submachine gun or automatic rifle" in approximately 15 seconds.

Comes with standard 1903 bolt, the actual Pedersen devices are said that only around 100 survived and sometimes realizing a price of over $50,000 usd.

Comes with US Kerr 'no buckl' canvas and US marked reproduction sling.

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The Pedersen Device: A Secret Weapon Of WWI | An Official Journal Of The NRA https://share.google/RO4OTkDr5PItjW1kA