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.