Pedersen Rifle - Serial Numbers (U.S. Rifles)

Serial Numbers (U.S. Rifles)

The following table is derived from information obtained from the following Web site: . Much of the record keeping on the Pedersen and other rifles of this period is now long gone. What records the researchers at this Web site were able to find mostly appear to relate to the final period of competitive testing in 1931.

SA = Springfield Armory.

  1. 2/11/31 SA
  2. Carbine 2/11/31 SA
  3. 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Benning
  4. Carbine 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Riley
  5. 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Benning
  6. 2/11/31 SA
  7. ?
  8. Carbine 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Riley
  9. 2/11/31 SA (deficient); 4/11/31 SA (being repaired)
  10. 2/11/31 SA (deficient); 4/11/31 SA (being repaired)
  11. 9/28/31 at Ordnance Office
  12. ?
  13. 8/30/27 SA to Ft. Benning
  14. 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Benning
  15. ?
  16. 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Benning
  17. 8/30/27 SA to Ft. Riley; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Benning
  18. 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Benning
  19. 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Benning
  20. Carbine 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Riley
  21. 2/11/31 SA; 4/11/31 SA to Ft. Riley
  22. 2/11/31 extra receiver
  23. 2/11/31 sold to J D Pedersen
  24. ?
  25. ?

From the information in this table we apparently can identify four of the five carbines and 16 of the 20 rifles. Serial number 22 was apparently assigned to a receiver which was not in fact used for building a complete rifle; this would appear to indicate that only 19 of the 20 authorized rifles were in fact actually built.

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