I think I even have pics of what the crushed receivers looked like somewhere. I didn't go back and look but I remember it being some type of hammer or press that would crush them beyond repair. This infuriated Ordnance so much they changed their policy that all receivers sold were to be "Mutilated." I have the process detailed in what they did to them. But this first time the Army didn't destroy them before they sold them, and well Bannerman made rifles of them. This was pretty early if I remember right. I have documents somewhere of Army Ordnance selling some un-serviceable receivers to Bannerman. They are a nicely executed 03 sporter, perhaps even as good as the 1903 NRA Sporter.īannerman is one of the main reason the Army mutilated all the receivers they scrapped. A buddy of mine has a Sedgley Sporter built on a high number receiver. The buildings are still there but you do have to look hard. I don't have the physical address in front of me, but if you get it off old advertising you cab find the Sedgley shop on google maps. I've read that Sedgley, Bannerman and Stokes worked in concert with each other to cherry pick the government "scrap" market.
They were actually trying to see if there was any legal trouble they could get Sedgley in for selling those rifles. So they wanted to know where they came from. They were furious that Sedgley was selling them because they were competition for their own commercial sales of M1903's. I know I have the documentation that Army Ordnance said that Sedgley had acquired around 600 receivers and they didn't come from them. So I'm really curious to see where this is sourced from, as it's really in how it's worded on that Document, as sometimes Navy means Marine Corps as well. Just how the National Guard was lumped together with the Army, the Marines were lumped together with the Navy. This is just because the Marine Corps was a Dept of the Navy and was extremely small. 30-06, it wears a 24' sporter barrel (manufactured by Winchester) with barrel band and hooded Sedgley ramp front sight. This is a classic Sedgley with all the classic Sedgley features. Is this coming from a document? Actually I find that really interesting as I have documents of the Marines selling some of their Marine Corps M1903's thru the Philly Navy Yard.Īnytime you see something listed as Navy during this time in the documents, you really have to be careful as often they are talking about the Marines. Sedgley made a business of sporterizing Springfield 1903 rifles (and a few other makes) on a custom order basis. They bought old low numbers from the US Navy at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Disposal Office.
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