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Setting the Record Straight
Lt. Col. Julian Hatcher is indeed on record as recommending addition of a left-side gas vent hole in the M1903 receiver. In response to Lt. Col. Hatcher's recommendation, Springfield Armory replied that they had already been experimenting with the hole. So, it's problemmatical whether Hatcher originally instigated the hole. Nevertheless, the hole got added and Hatcher's recommendation certainly helped it along.
For the record.
J.B.
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Last edited by John Beard; 11-22-2009 at 02:15 AM.
Reason: Correct Hatcher's rank at the time.
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John, Where did you finally find the correspondence?
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Hatcher's Report
Originally Posted by
MoMallard
John, Where did you finally find the correspondence?
Lt. Col. Hatcher was the Ordnance Technical Advisor to the 1936 National Matches. In his official report to the Chief of Ordnance dated September, 1936, following the close of the National Matches, he explicitly recommended "... That the drawings and specifications be changed to provide adequate venting of the bolt of the Springfield rifle." In the body of his report, he criticizes the rifle for having inadequate venting.
The report resides in the National Archives.
J.B.
Last edited by John Beard; 11-22-2009 at 02:18 AM.
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Mystery solved! Thanks a million JB. Good work!
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