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M1922 Question for the Experts.
Were the M1922 Springfield receivers made of DHT or NS or a mixture of both? Are they stamped on the bottom of the receiver if of NS? Is there any difference in the receivers from the M1922 through the M2? As I understand it all updates were limited to the bolt and the magazine with few if any changes to the receiver.
Thanks
Hope I'm correct on this . . .
Model of 1922 series receivers were ALL made of the "new-at-the-time" nickel-steel. (NOT marked "NS").
Receiver configuration remained unchanged THROUGHOUT it's production.
How did I do, Herschel?? --Jim
JimF, I think Capt. Grosvenor L. Wotkyns of Springfield Armory would disagree with you. In his Feb. 1927 Amaerican Rifleman article about The M-1 Caliber .22 Springfield he says;
"The receiver is manufactured from the same stock as that used in the service rifle, and closely follows that action in process of manufacture and general outline.
The bolt, in general outline, folows that of the service rifle, and is of the identical material and treatment throughout. .......".
From this information I would believe that DHT receivers were used for the .22 while they were being used by the 1903 and NS receivers were used for the .22 when the 1903 receivers were made from NS, I believe this occurred in 1929.
OK, Herschel . . . .
I bow (once again) to your expertise.
I was under the misconception that nickel-steel appeared earlier than 1929.
Was I correct in stating the receiver configuration remained unchanged throughout the years of production? --Jim
JimF, I believe the 1929 may be a little late, but it was certainly during the duration of the Springfield 1922M1 production. I believe you are correct in that the receiver configuration was the same for 1922 through M2 rifle production.
I believe nickle steel dates from around the turn of the century , with Winchester 94s being among the first to use it. The military did not adopt it till 1928 ( appx 1,301,000 range). Chris