Milsurp After Hours

The 1903 Springfield .30-06 replaced the Krag-Jorgenson as the primary US rifle beginning in 1903 and served through WW I and WW II. It is highly regarded for its accuracy. It has a five-shot magazine that is fed from stripper clips. Like a lot of military rifles of its era, it has a magazine shot off. The thinking of the time tended towards well aimed shots from a single shot mode. It was thought that anything else would result in a waste of ammo. The magazine was to be used in cases of emergency.

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The 03's action is based on the Mauser design and, until the US entry into WW I, a royalty was paid to Mauser for the used of the design.

The 03 has a ladder rear sight, which while accurate, is not the greatest for getting off accurate quick shots in combat.

Jethro

how about the 30-03 in 1903. then in 1906 they redesigned the round into the 30-06

nice looking 03 , which is it remington/rock island/ or springfield ? ive found my rock island 03 to be very accurate , my springfield 03A1 is more comfortable , but my remington 03mod is by far the crudest and yet most historicaly interesting in many ways to me , these are rifles that i wish could speak

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unfortunately the krag M1899 carbine was in the first and the smith-corona M1903A3 & remington M1903A3 stock were in these shots sorry its a bit off topic