did not produce any bayonets or accessories for their training rifles. It was equipped with a bayonet lug that would mount a standard 1903 bayonet. The bolt was designed to operate in the normal manner. It was not designed to fire but had the same weight and balance as the 1903 Springfield. The US Training Rifle was an accurate reproduction of the 1903 Springfield rifle, which was the standard US military rifle of the period. was formed specifically to produce the US Training Rifle. From this we must conclude that the Wood-Art Machine Co. The first listing of the Wood-Art Machine Co. There is no record of any such large manufacturing facility in the Woodbury area at that time. If they had produced all of the parts, we feel that it would have required a prohibitively large facility and work force.
To me this seems probable as they produced 10,000 training rifles in approximately 125 days. They may have subcontracted all of the parts and merely assembled them in the Woodbury facility. It is entirely possible that neither company produced any of the components that went into the US Training Rifle. However, we speculate that these companies were in reality one organization that was operating under two different names for economic reasons. With few available records, it is impossible to find out much about these companies. Baum was president, Wadsworth Cresse was treasurer, and Stephen Robinson was Secretary.
During this time period both companies had the same officers. also had a "factory" (at an unknown address) in Woodbury, NJ. During 1917, both companies used the same business address at 420 Stephen Girard Building and early in 1918 they both moved to 1201 Colonial Trust Building in Philadelphia, PA. Examination of Boyd's Philadelphia Business Directory, the Industrial Directory of New Jersey, and correspondence with the US Navy give some insight into their relationship. The relationship between these companies is an enigma. were involved in the production of the US Training Rifle. This shortage led to the development of the non-firing US Training Rifle. Krag rifles were brought out of storage and put into service as training rifles even though they could not fire the 1906 cartridge. At the start of the war there was a severe shortage of serviceable rifles for training purposes. produced a non-firing training rifle during World War One.
It features a moving bolt, dry fire function and is a very low serial number #243!įollowing description courteously of Malcolm MacPherson This is an excellent near mint condition example of the earliest generation of training rifles produced by the United States Training Rifle Company.
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