Manufacturing the M1903 Rifle

mrerick · 02-02-2013, 09:57 PM

Hi Gerben,

Yes - the design was stolen from Mauser (I think it took years for that to be worked out with the US finally making payment to Mauser)....

But the manufacturing engineering, and construction process must have been original at Springfield. I doubt that Mauser provided any guidance on how to actually construct things - as described in these articles.

Do we have records of Mauser helping the Swedish and Turkish setup their in country manufacturing processes? I wonder if those could have been copied...

Marc

02-02-2013, 09:57 PM	#4
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	Hi Gerben, Yes - the design was stolen from Mauser (I think it took years for that to be worked out with the US finally making payment to Mauser).... But the manufacturing engineering, and construction process must have been original at Springfield. I doubt that Mauser provided any guidance on how to actually construct things - as described in these articles. Do we have records of Mauser helping the Swedish and Turkish setup their in country manufacturing processes? I wonder if those could have been copied... Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.