CODE – 04-132-909
NAME – Bénet-Mercié Machine Rifle Model 1909
NAME (NATIVE) – Bénet-Mercié Automatic Machine Rifle Caliber .30, Model of 1909
COMMON NAMES – Bénet-Mercié M1909
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1909
CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06)
OVERALL LENGTH – 124.5 cm (49 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 61 cm (24 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)
LOAD – M1906 Ball, Jacketed Spitzer
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 9.72 g (150 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 823 m/s (2700 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3293 j (2428 m/s)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 12.02 kg (26 lb 8 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 12.99 kg (28 lb 10oz) with 30 rounds M1906 Ball
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 15.03 kg (33 lb 2oz) with 30 rounds M1906 ball, bipod, rear monopod
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 16.05 kg (35 lb 6 oz) with Warner & Swasey Telescopic sight, 30 rounds M1906 ball, bipod, rear monopod
TYPE OF MOUNT – Folding bipod with rear monopod
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 2.04 kg (4 lb 8 oz)
WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 4.31 kg (9 lb 8 oz)
WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL CASE – 2.18 kg (4 lb 13 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Rear sight – U-notch with ladder-type arpeture, U-notch set at m (300 yards), Aperture slide adjustable from 100 to 2,800 yards in
OPTICAL SIGHT – Warner & Swasey Telescopic Sight Model of 1909 (1908)
OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 1.02 kg (2 lb 4 oz)
OPTICAL SIGHT MAGNIFICATION – 6 Power
OPTICAL SIGHT FIELD OF VIEW – 4 degrees – 6.98 m @ 100 m (21 ft @100 yds)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 732 m (800 yards)
OPERATION – Gas, fires from open bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Selective, Semi and Full Automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 60 rpm semi, 120 rpm full
CYCLIC ROF – 400 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 30-round steel feed strip
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 30-round strip – 0.17 kg (6 oz)
Ammunition Box (Empty) – 3.91 kg (8 lb 10 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.97 kg (2 lb 2 oz) with 30 rounds M1906 Ball
Ammunition box with 10 loaded feed strips – 13.61 kg (30 lb) 300 rounds
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Four Ammunition boxes with 10 feed strips each (1,200 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 54.44 kg (120 lb)
MANUFACTURER – Springfield Armory, Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut
STATUS – Obsolete
SERVICE – US Army
