Talk:Pedersen rifle

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[edit] Interest

I hope that the information I have added to this article may stimulate some interest on the part of those who may have additional information on such subjects as the fate of the U.S. Pedersen rifles and the numbers and dispositons of the Vickers-Pedersen rifles.

My interest in this subject goes back to about 1960, when I saw an article in (I believe) Guns Magazine about the Pedersen rifle. The author made much of the idea that the rifle lost out to the Garand largely due to an unfortunate experience by Gen. Macarthur: when he shot off a clip of ten rounds with a Pedersen rifle at a range one day, he discovered that his campaign hat had been ruined by the toggle mechanism battering the hat brim and was reportedly quite put out by the experience. This story impressed me even then as "urban legend" material, but even at that young age I couldn't completely disregard it. Plus there was the whole issue of how a credible firearm like the Pedersen came out in second place. So, I finally decided to do a little digging . . .

George Thow 04:43, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Great improvements. Are you aware of the following patent: U.S. Patent 804,511  --Asams10 15:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Very nice work. Only 1 question: W&W lists the designation as T2E1. Is it wrong? Or a variant? 14:35, 27 August 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trekphiler (talk • contribs)