The following is mainly an exercise in historical curiousity, but do not knock history, it does have things to say to us today.
I assume that most readers know what The Pedersen Device was. Virtually all of them were destroyed by the governmment in the early 1920's. Now and then, one used to see Springfield Actions from The DCM Exchange Program that had been modified for the Pedersen Device, an ejection port in the left side of the receiver ring, the receivers were stamped Mark 1 as I recall.
In any case, if they have been retained, Pedersen Decive Springfields might have obviated the M-1 Carbine, and perhaps even given the Garand a run for it's money, since the capability to fire full power service rounds was retained, with additional capability of firing a reduced power round from LARGE CAPACITY MAZAZINES (VOLUME FIRE).
One realizes that actions of "the government" or "the military" sometimes seem beyond reason, and The Pedersen Device was on the scene a long time before I appeared, still one is curious. Anyone have any information, theories or "tea leaves" to read?
I assume that most readers know what The Pedersen Device was. Virtually all of them were destroyed by the governmment in the early 1920's. Now and then, one used to see Springfield Actions from The DCM Exchange Program that had been modified for the Pedersen Device, an ejection port in the left side of the receiver ring, the receivers were stamped Mark 1 as I recall.
In any case, if they have been retained, Pedersen Decive Springfields might have obviated the M-1 Carbine, and perhaps even given the Garand a run for it's money, since the capability to fire full power service rounds was retained, with additional capability of firing a reduced power round from LARGE CAPACITY MAZAZINES (VOLUME FIRE).
One realizes that actions of "the government" or "the military" sometimes seem beyond reason, and The Pedersen Device was on the scene a long time before I appeared, still one is curious. Anyone have any information, theories or "tea leaves" to read?