This sound like the artical that JTC statement is linked to...
http://americansocietyofarmscollect...-Arms-Model-1892-Musket-B083_Johnson.pdf I've had no luck finding the publication, New york militia rifle trials 1896 by Gilbert E Newton. Anyone else locate it?
David's measurements of the Pratt & Whitney, "$20,000, 3 year production time", transition musket sure sounds like a rifle that would have been submitted to the NY Trials. If this is the one then the bolt was changed after the trials to correct one of the problems. This might account for why the bolt was changed when the Model 1899 rifle went into production.
Appears the people at Savage don't/didn't have the history on the transition rifle, either.
