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Allied Rifle
Contracts in America
Mosin-Nagant, Mauser,
Enfield, Berthier, Remington,
Savage, Winchester
By Luke Mercaldo
with co-authors Adam
Firestone & Anthony Vanderlinden
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New England Westinghouse Mosin Nagant,
Remington Mosin Nagant, Eddystone P14, Savage Arms, Hopkins and Allen Belgian
Mauser, Hopkins & Allen 1889 Mauser, Pattern 1914 Enfield, model 1907-1915
Berthier, M1914 Rolling Block, Winchester 1895 Russian Musket, Savage 1899
Montreal Home Guard Musket, Pattern 1913 Bayonet, Pattern 1907 Bayonet, Mle 1886
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- Title: Allied Rifle Contracts in America
Subtitle: Mosin-Nagant, Mauser, Enfield, Berthier, Remington, Savage,
Winchester
Author: Luke Mercaldo, with co-Authors Adam Firestone and Anthony
Vanderlinden
Publisher: Wet Dog Publications
Pages: 224
Cover: Hardbound color cover
Size: 8.75" x 11.25" (22 x28 cm.)
Photographs: 440+
Printed and bound in the USA
ISBN: 0-9707997-7-2
Production run: Limited to 2000 copies
Price: $49.99
Wholesale pricing available
Allied Rifle Contracts in
America is the first work to fully explore American production of foreign
military rifles for the Allies during the First World War.
The demands of the war caused a number of Allied governments to enter
into contracts with American industry. These
contracts resulted in the production of a number of different rifles.
Featured are the histories of the Mosin-Nagant and Winchester Model 1895,
which were produced for Imperial Russia, the Model 1889 Mauser, made for Belgium
and the Pattern 1914 which was built for the United Kingdom.
Additionally the book provides rare insight into lesser- known contracts
for Berthier and Rolling Block with France, and the Savage Model 1899 with
Canada.
The historical circumstances
of these contracts are presented for the first time. Primary source
materials and original period documentation were used to recreate the timelines
of the various contracts, delving into issues including financing, production
limitations, labor problems, factory expansions, corruption, and the foreign
military personnel who worked in the United States. The work sheds new
light on the degree to which American business was involved with the Allied war
effort prior to the American entry into the war in 1917. Readers gain a multifaceted insight into the hurdles that
faced the Allied purchasing commissions and American manufacturers.
In addition to the in depth historical
perspective, the book offers a detailed description of each rifle intended as a
guide for the arms collector. This
analysis covers features, specifications, markings and accessories to assist
collectors in determining correct period pieces and understanding the
fascinating history behind the artifacts.
Allied Rifle Contracts in America is a
fascinating blend of history, economics, technology and esoterica that is an
essential part of any historian’s or collector’s library.
Scroll down for sample pages, awards and book reviews.
Price: $49.99
NRA
members, please use coupon code NRA
at checkout for the American Rifleman offering.
Allied Rifle Contracts wins prestigious
2012 HBSA President's Cup
Derek Stimpson, Chairman of
Council of the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association, (left)
presents the golden medals to Luke Mercaldo in London in January 2013. The
President's cup is awarded to the best published work of study or research
which contributes to the expansion of knowledge and understanding of
breech-loading arms. Luke Mercaldo and co-authors Adam Firestone
and Anthony Vanderlinden received gold medals for their work on Allied Rifle
Contracts.
We thank the HBSA and council for their recognition!
***
Book
review/comments from Roy Marcot, author and Remington Society of America editor:
Dear
Luke, I opened your package with a great deal of anticipation, hoping
that the finished product mirrored the sample pages seen on-line. I
was not disappointed, your finished product is just wonderful... and packed
with new information on Allied Rifles used in World War I, and with dozens
of previously unpublished photographs. You, Adam and Anthony are to be
commended for bringing such a well needed book to historians and military
buffs alike. I predict that it will remain "the bible" on
the subject for many years to come. I am pleased to have been helpful to you
in this endeavor and the Remington Society of America will endorse your book
as a quality and well-researched book for our members. Congratulations on
such a wonderful achievement.
Roy Marcot
***
Book review from
Herbert Houze, Man at Arms magazine: (scroll down below sample pages and index
for the continuation)
(Continued below Sample Pages and Index)
Sample pages from actual book
New England Westinghouse,
Remington, Eddystone, Winchester, Savage Arms, Hopkins and Allen Arms,
Hopkins&Allen, Mosin-Nagant, Pattern 1914 Enfield, P14, model 1907-1915
Berthier, M1914 Rolling Block, M1895 Russian Musket, M1899 Montreal Home Guard
Musket, Pattern 1913 Bayonet, Pattern 1907 Bayonet, Mle 1886 bayonet, Fayette R.
Plumb, North Russia Expedition, Siberian Expedition, CEF, AEF, BEF,
New England Westinghouse,
Remington, Eddystone, Winchester, Savage Arms, Hopkins and Allen Arms,
Hopkins&Allen, Mosin-Nagant, Pattern 1914 Enfield, P14, model 1907-1915
Berthier, M1914 Rolling Block, M1895 Russian Musket, M1899 Montreal Home Guard
Musket, Pattern 1913 Bayonet, Pattern 1907 Bayonet, Mle 1886 bayonet, Fayette R.
Plumb, North Russia Expedition, Siberian Expedition, CEF, AEF, BEF,
Content / index
overview:
Introduction
Allied Rifle Contracts Overview
I. The Three Line
Rifle, Model 1891 Mosin Nagant
American System manufacturing
Berdan
Russia Needs a Repeater
Small Arms Commission
Russo-Japanese War
First World War Russian Shortfall
American Contracts
Remington
First
Remington Mosin Nagant Model 1891 Contracts
Second
Remington Mosin Nagant Model 1891 Contracts
Third
Remington Mosin Nagant Model 1891 Contracts
American
and Russian Embassy Contracts
First and Second
Contract Modifications
Final
Wartime Contracts for the Bridgeport Factory
Remington
UMC Mosin Nagant Model 1891 Rifle Deliveries
Westinghouse
Chicopee
Falls Factories
Meriden
factory
A.H. Fox
Gun Company factory
New England
Westinghouse Production
Restrictions on Westinghouse Intra Company Cooperation
Initial
contract - option - cancellation
Total of
Mosin Nagant Model 1891 Rifles delivered
Final
Wartime Contracts for New England Westinghouse
Browning Machine Guns
Rifle Grenade Development
Subcontractors
Difficulties Completing the Model 1891 Rifle Contracts
United States Government Purchases
Wartime use of the U.S. made Mosin Nagant Model 1891
North Russia and Siberian Expeditions
Finnish Civil War and later use
Post war use of the U.S. made Mosin Nagant
China,
Japan, Spain, USA
Collector Information
II.
- Winchester Model 1895 Russian Musket
Prelude to the Model 1895 (The Henry Rifle, Winchester Models 1866, 1873,
1876, 1886, 1892, and 189
The Henry Rifle and Model 1866
The Models 1873 and 1876
The Model 1886
The Model 1892
The Model 1894
The Model 1895
Pre- First World
War Contracts: The New York State Rifle Trials
The Spanish
American War
Winchester’s
Offer to Great Britain
Russia in the
First World War
Russian Model
1895 Contracts
Russian use of
the Model 1895: The Latvian Battalions
Post First World
War Use: The Spanish Civil War
Winchester Model
1895 Russian Musket Collector Information
III.
The Model 1889 Belgian Mauser
Belgian Adoption
of the Model 1889 Mauser
Manufacturing and Military Service prior to World War I
Calais & Le Havre: The
Wartime Belgian Arms Centers
Belgian First
World War Purchasing Commission
The British
Rifle Contract
Hopkins and
Allen of Massachusetts
The Belgian
Mauser Contract
Hopkins and
Allen Factory Expansion
First Belgian
Mausers
Meanwhile at the
Front: The 1916 Conversions
Hopkins and
Allen Machine Gun Company
Hopkins and
Allen Receivership
Marlin -
Rockwell Buys Hopkins and Allen
Belgian contract
near completion
The First World
War ends
The Hopkins and
Allen Mauser after the War: From Arsenal Refurbishment to World War II
Model 1889
Belgian Mauser Collector Information
Fayette R. Plumb Company
Plumb made Serbian and Russian Bayonet Information
IV. Enfield Pattern
1914 .303-inch Magazine Rifle
The Enfield
Pattern 1913
Vickers Pattern
1914
First American
Enfield Contracts
Approval of the
U.S. made Pattern 1914
Eddystone
Pattern 1914
Last Pattern
1914 contracts
Contract
Modifications and Final Pattern Designations
Contract
Reductions and Cancellations
United States
Rifle Model of 1917
The Pattern 1914
between the Wars
Second World War
Savage Enfield
Enfield Pattern
1914 Collector Information
V. Remington Model 99 Single Shot Military Rifle - Fusil Remington modèle
1914
Prelude to the
Model 1914: Remington No.1 Rolling Block Rifle
The Smokeless
Era: Model 1896, 1897, 1902, and 1910 Rolling Block Rifles
France in the
First World War
Model 99 Remington Single Shot
Military Rifle
Fusil Remington modèle 1914
Remington Model
99 Single Shot Military Rifle
Collector Information
VI.
Model 1907-1915 Berthier Rifle
The Model 1886
Lebel Rifle
The First
Berthier
The Model 1890,
1892, 1902, and 1907 Berthier Rifles and Carbines
France in the
First World War
The Remington Model 1907 -1915
Berthier Contract
The Remington Bridgeport Works
The French Commission
Model 1907-1915 Berthier
Cancellation
Model 1907-1915
Berthier Collector Information
VII. Savage Model
1899 Montreal Home Guard Musket
Savage’s first Military
Contract Attempt
New York State Rifle Trials
The Montreal Home Guard
The Montreal Home Guard’s
rifle search
The Savage Model 1899 Montreal
Home Guard Musket
MHG Musket
Deliveries
The MHG Musket
in Action
Savage Model
1899 Montreal Home Guard Musket Collector Information
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