*EXTREMELY RARE, ONE OF A KIND, THE ONLY MOISIN-NAGANT RIFLE ALTERED TO ACCEPT A PEDERSEN DEVICE.

Revised: 10/5/2009

Additional Information: Also included in this lot is a unique genuine Pederson magazine (innards missing). Knowledgeable Pederson authorities have told us that they have never seen this style of magazine before and that it likely belongs with this lot.

*EXTREMELY RARE, ONE OF A KIND, THE ONLY MOISIN-NAGANT RIFLE ALTERED TO ACCEPT A PEDERSEN DEVICE. SN NONE. Cal. 7.62X54 Russian. Standard Remington made Moisin-Nagant rifle dated “1917” without serial number. It has 30″ bbl with square base barleycorn front sight and 3,200 meter rear sight. Chamber area of bbl & top of receiver have usual Remington markings and the Russian Imperial cartouche. Mounted in nicely figured 1-pc walnut stock with two bbl bands & cleaning rod. Forestock & buttstock have sling loop slots with steel escutcheons and it has a smooth steel musket buttplate. The stock, just below rear of receiver, has a 1/4″ hole drilled completely through, apparently for attaching the rifle in a shooting sled, which was used for durability & accuracy testing. Ejection slot side of receiver has been deepened & lengthened and left side of receiver has been cut away to allow ejection of empty cases from Pedersen Device. Rear area of receiver appears to also have been slightly enlarged. Accompanied by a copy of a listing of Pedersen Devices produced at Remington Ilion Works dated Jan. 9, 1918. This listing shows Order #73306 was for one Russian (rifle) with the date Feb. 1917 and the disposition was “at Ilion”. Lower part of listing states the “Russian” device was “in cashier’s vault at Ilion”. Bottom of listing has a hand written note dated 10-20-98 addressed to consignor and signed “Burt”. This is apparently the late Burt Kellerstadt, noted military arms authority & collector, wherein he is providing this paper along with an orig letter from J.D. Pedersen about “the device”. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Metal retains 98-99% strong orig factory blue. Wood is crisp with minor handling & storage marks and retains about all of its orig oil finish. Mechanics appear to be fine, bright shiny bore. 4-38209 JR63 (5,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1039	$8,050.00	Revised: 10/5/2009 Additional Information: Also included in this lot is a unique genuine Pederson magazine (innards missing). Knowledgeable Pederson authorities have told us that they have never seen this style of magazine before and that it likely belongs with this lot. EXTREMELY RARE, ONE OF A KIND, THE ONLY MOISIN-NAGANT RIFLE ALTERED TO ACCEPT A PEDERSEN DEVICE. SN NONE. Cal. 7.62X54 Russian. Standard Remington made Moisin-Nagant rifle dated “1917” without serial number. It has 30″ bbl with square base barleycorn front sight and 3,200 meter rear sight. Chamber area of bbl & top of receiver have usual Remington markings and the Russian Imperial cartouche. Mounted in nicely figured 1-pc walnut stock with two bbl bands & cleaning rod. Forestock & buttstock have sling loop slots with steel escutcheons and it has a smooth steel musket buttplate. The stock, just below rear of receiver, has a 1/4″ hole drilled completely through, apparently for attaching the rifle in a shooting sled, which was used for durability & accuracy testing. Ejection slot side of receiver has been deepened & lengthened and left side of receiver has been cut away to allow ejection of empty cases from Pedersen Device. Rear area of receiver appears to also have been slightly enlarged. Accompanied by a copy of a listing of Pedersen Devices produced at Remington Ilion Works dated Jan. 9, 1918. This listing shows Order #73306 was for one Russian (rifle) with the date Feb. 1917 and the disposition was “at Ilion”. Lower part of listing states the “Russian” device was “in cashier’s vault at Ilion”. Bottom of listing has a hand written note dated 10-20-98 addressed to consignor and signed “Burt”. This is apparently the late Burt Kellerstadt, noted military arms authority & collector, wherein he is providing this paper along with an orig letter from J.D. Pedersen about “the device”. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Metal retains 98-99% strong orig factory blue. Wood is crisp with minor handling & storage marks and retains about all of its orig oil finish. Mechanics appear to be fine, bright shiny bore. 4-38209 JR63 (5,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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