Mark I w/Pedersen Device..............

[Rick the Librarian]

Daniel A Leary was at Springfield at least from 1917 to the mid-1930s. Brophy is wrong.

[John Beard]

Notice that the cartouche is doubled.

If you look even closer, you will see that the cartouche is fake!

J.B.

[jimmyzwei]

2nd one to be sold by RIA in the last couple of years. last sold in May of 2011 for 42,500.00USD to floor that before the 8k+ buyers premium. Had the privilege of handling that one, was required to done white gloves to pick it up, but knew the guy at the table so i was able to pull the device out and look it over. Will with out a doubt handle this one also.

[Rick the Librarian]

If you look even closer, you will see that the cartouche is fake!

J.B.

Here's the one on the Mark I featured on RIA:



I agree, something doesn't look right.

Here's one on a NM M1903 I examined a few years ago:

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[Kurt]

In the description he states;

The stock and handguard are also both excellent showing no handling marks with a restamped "DAL" cartouche and circled "P" proof. That and he refers to the stock as"correct fitted" which sounds like lawyer talk in this neck of the woods.

And this: This Model 1903 Mark I rifle was manufactured by Springfield Armory in April 1910" I must have missed a few years of production, darn!

I don't know, I think I may have brain damage from the wife beating.....things are a bit fuzzy

Kurt

[Rick the Librarian]

For the fancy price they'll be expecting, a "restamped" DAL is pretty shady to me - you think they'd get their facts right, also.

[da gimp]

it ain't the Swede's if it has a fake cartouche....

[Fred]

It shouldn't have been that difficult to get an original rifle. I wonder if the auction house salted the mine so to speak with the rifle.

[Doug Douglass]

You are all right the DAL is not like mine. Could there have been more than one stamp????

[John Beard]

It shouldn't have been that difficult to get an original rifle. I wonder if the auction house salted the mine so to speak with the rifle.

Mint original Mark I rifles that one would want to put with a Pedersen Device are very few and far between. Nice used rifles are more common. Re-barreled and refinished rifles are very common.

J.B.