SmokeEaterPilot
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- Jun 3, 2011
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Was going through some old files found this one particularly interesting.
In just a year you can see the 1903 rifle production had not increased very much at all. Especially a full year after the US declared war. Rock Island made very few rifles, I think less than 50 per day (primarily for interchangeability testing IIRC). Their primarily responsibility was manufacturing replacement parts and Springfield focused on new production rifles.
Also, notice the term "Russian Rifles." These rifles were never given a designation of "United States Rifle Model ______." You can see people referring to these rifles as "United States Rifle Model 1916" on occasion, but it seems to be entirely a made up collector term. They're either referred to as "Russian Rifles" or "M91s."
In just a year you can see the 1903 rifle production had not increased very much at all. Especially a full year after the US declared war. Rock Island made very few rifles, I think less than 50 per day (primarily for interchangeability testing IIRC). Their primarily responsibility was manufacturing replacement parts and Springfield focused on new production rifles.
Also, notice the term "Russian Rifles." These rifles were never given a designation of "United States Rifle Model ______." You can see people referring to these rifles as "United States Rifle Model 1916" on occasion, but it seems to be entirely a made up collector term. They're either referred to as "Russian Rifles" or "M91s."