Manufacturing the M1903 Rifle

mrerick · 01-31-2013, 02:41 PM

I think that one of the things that has interested me in firearms and collection is the metal working and machining involved. My grandfather was a Swedish machinist, and I suspect it runs in the family.

I recently came across a remarkably detailed series of articles that were published in 1916 and 1917 by the "American Machinist" magazines.

After reviewing US military rifle history, they go step by step into the manufacturing engineering involved with making these (basically Mauser designed) bolt action rifles.

I have taken the two annual volumes (numbers 45 and 46) and edited them down to just the M1903 articles.

These are so detailed, I almost wonder why they were not considered secret during WW-I...

The original volumes are on Archive.org at:

http://archive.org/details/americanmachinis45newyuoft

and

http://archive.org/details/americanmachinis46newyuoft

I have also posted the extracted articles on my server at:

http://cma.dyndns.tv/blog/wp-content...nMachinist.pdf

If you download from my server, be patient. It's about 28MB and the link is relatively slow.

Marc

01-31-2013, 02:41 PM	#1
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	Manufacturing the M1903 Rifle I think that one of the things that has interested me in firearms and collection is the metal working and machining involved. My grandfather was a Swedish machinist, and I suspect it runs in the family. I recently came across a remarkably detailed series of articles that were published in 1916 and 1917 by the "American Machinist" magazines. After reviewing US military rifle history, they go step by step into the manufacturing engineering involved with making these (basically Mauser designed) bolt action rifles. I have taken the two annual volumes (numbers 45 and 46) and edited them down to just the M1903 articles. These are so detailed, I almost wonder why they were not considered secret during WW-I... The original volumes are on Archive.org at: http://archive.org/details/americanmachinis45newyuoft and http://archive.org/details/americanmachinis46newyuoft I have also posted the extracted articles on my server at: http://cma.dyndns.tv/blog/wp-content...nMachinist.pdf If you download from my server, be patient. It's about 28MB and the link is relatively slow. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.