The United States Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903, is one of the most iconic American small arms of the 20 th century. Adopted on June 19, 1903, the Springfield M1903 replaced the M1892 Krag ...

The gold standard in that regard remains William S. Brophy’s The Springfield 1903 Rifles, although other exhaustive and scholarly works are out there as well and makes fantastic reading material ...

The M1903 Springfield, a bolt-action rifle, was put into service in 1903. Designed and manufactured by the Springfield Armory, it is the oldest rifle still in use by the U.S. military – and one ...

adopted the 1903 Springfield rifle (Mauser sued them for patent infringement, and won), and the rest is history. If you read Field & Stream issues from the 1920s, you see that the ’06 was ...

The rifle was gas operated, and fired the same Springfield .30-06 (7.62mm x 63mm) cartridge from an internal 8-round clip that the bolt action Springfield 1903 rifle it replaced did. Issued in ...