Krag Collectors Association Forum Archive
Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> Early Critique of US Magazine Rifle
http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1535214290

Message started by Knute1 on Aug 25th, 2018 at 4:24pm

Title: Re: Early Critique of US Magazine Rifle
Post by Knute1 on Aug 28th, 2018 at 2:36am
I'm not sure if the writer, Lt. Haines, spoke for the Springfield Armory, but he did write from the Springfield Armory. I believe that due to his involvement in the testing for one year that he became a "believer" of the Krag Jorgensen design as adopted by the United States and was part of a team to improve it. The Model 1892 hadn't been out all that long and of course had some faults. He took the criticism by the uneducated (my assumption of what he thought) too personally and wanted to set the record straight. He let his emotions take over the pen.

The United States paid Krag and Jorgensen "up front". But the U.S. Magazine Rifle design that followed it, the Model 1903 Springfield, was based on a design by Paul Mauser of Germany. Mauser received a settlement of an eventual $200,000 through the back door for infringement on his patent. This may not have been disclosed to the public as much as the Norwegian design. Even the U.S. Model 1917, which exceeded the Model 1903 in numbers during the Great War, originated in England and was based on the Mauser design.

Sorry, I let my emotions take over the keyboard. ;)

Krag Collectors Association Forum Archive » Powered by YaBB 2.6.0!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2024. All Rights Reserved.