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TM9-270 U.S. RIFLE, CAL. .30, M1903A4 (SNIPER'S) CHARACTERISTICS AND OPERATION Published by War Department (Sept 28, 1943 - 30 Pages) ...
M1903 Private's Manual (1918) Author: Colonel Jas. A. Moss (United States Army) Format: 43 pages Note: After you click on images to ENLARGE...
M1903 - Individual Instruction in Rifle Practice (A.E.F No. 1418 G-5) (1918) Author: Colonel A.J. Macnab Jr (United States Army) Reprinted November...
TM 9-1270 U.S. Rifles, Cal .30, M1903, M1903A1, M1903A3, M1903A4 Sniper Ordnance Maintenance Manual War Department Format: 116 pages with multiple...
https://www.remingtonsociety.org/manufacture-dates/
Caveat: The Oldguns table does have some problems with the production dates for Remington M1903 and M1903A3 rifles. M1903s are listed as ALL...
http://www.vishooter.net/m1903.html
Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons (WWII U.S. Training Films) These combined videos demonstrate the mechanics of pistols, rifles and machine guns....
TM-43-0001-27 - Army Ammunition Data Sheets (1994) DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited....
United States Rifle, Cal .30, Model 1903 Manual Washington Printing Office Pamphlet No. 1923 Revised October 17th, 1911 Format: 72 pages with two...
Infantry Weapons and their Effects (WWII U.S. Training Film) "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" is an official WWII era training film which...
Small Arms Instructors Manual (1918) Compiled by the Small Arms Instruction Corps Format: 234 pages - E.P. Dutton @ Company, New York (1918) ...
United States Rifles and Machine Guns (1917) Authors: Fred H. Colvin and Ethan Viall Associate Editors American Machinist Members Society American...
Extracted from "United States - Milsurp Knowledge Library" Red Star Remington Model 1903's (Click PIC to Enlarge)(Click PIC to Enlarge) ...
Victory Is Our Business (1942) A patriotic motivational film for World War II industrial workers film, located with thanks to member "PBI". It...
Basic Manual of Military Small Arms by W.H.B. Smith (Expired Copyright 1943) Observations: by Badger How to load, operate, disassemble,...
Springfield 03A3 Rear Sight Removal and Replacement by "Bob S" Note: After you click on images to ENLARGE them, you may find they...
640 Yard Shooting (1943 1903a3 Rifle) (Videos by YouTube member Ernest "mag30th") Ernest "mag30th" kindly gave us permission to put his two...
An interesting video for Springfield collectors ... :thup:
The question of what the original parts and finish of a Remington 1903A3 comes up very often, as most 1903A3's were refinished during arsenal...
Here is the little write up on the Mauser patents. The original article from The 1915 Outers publication was posted by Michael Petrov on the old CSP...
To start the whole story, I took off all W&S Musket Sights from the rifles I have them with, I took all of the spare ones I had around (including the...
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My apologies for the delay in giving everyone a thorough update, but I was up and down almost 36 hours addressing the outage, and I needed some...
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Hi, I was offered this 03 Springfield for $550.00. Any thoughts would be appreciated. It was manufactured by Springfield Armory serial no....
Of the many milsurp rifles and handguns I've owned, I've never been able to score a decent '03 that didn't cost me a small fortune. Today I found one...
Snagged this one at the antique arms show today. Remington M1903 'modified'. Receiver number shows manufacture date of 1941, Remington barrel date...
Here is a Springfield 1903 that I picked up yesterday. From the info I've read, the serial number puts the manufacture date of the receiver at 1915....
I haven't been able to find a decent 03A3. I don't know much about them except I want one. I'm not interested in a collectors grade or correct, just...
I recently acquired this 1903 Springfield and would like some opinions from the experts. It's serial number 6688xx with an SA 4-17 barrel and the...
I have a Remington 1903A3 #38xxxxx with a straight handle bolt and I was wondering if anyone can give me more info on the bolt. The only markings I...
I saw a nice looking Remington 1903a3 today. It was in a sporter stock, but otherwise it was unaltered. The receiver still had the standard sight,...
I have been wanting a 1903A3 for awhile. Yesterday, I found it. It is from 9-43. I was looking for a shooter for matches. Today, I headed to the...
To complete my recent 03A3 purchase, I got an M1 bayonet for it over the weekend based upon some photos. It looks in very good condition, most of...
Picked up my first 1903A3 yesterday. It is a Smith Corona with a serial number from December 1943 and a barrel Smith Corona 4 groove barrel dated...
I saw a nice looking 03a3 today that brings me to a question. The stock looked brand new except for on small gouge. The barrel was a 1946, rifle a...
Just acquired a S-C 1903A3, and really struggling with the very fine front sight blade, when shooting in my club’s inside range. Just can’t pick it...
I cleaned the area around the rebuild stamp on a stock that came to me on a Rock Island 03 from CMP a couple of years ago. I know the stock has been...
from the CMP. The metal and wood are nice but the barrel is pretty nasty. It will swallow an entire bullet and then some. Its dark and to...
Thanks to all of the guru's that helped me get my uncle's SC O3A3 back in service. He picked up this rifle when he left the army in 1945.When he...
My 03a3 has a very heavy trigger and to much creep. My local gunsmith recommended a Timney replacement trigger that would run me about 100$ parts and...
:beerchug: I Finally have the basic stuff put together on my 5/43 SC 03A3. I,m looking forward to putting some lead down range! I,ve heard rhumors...
I have a S.C. 03A3 with a barrel date of 5/43 receiver #3704893. I have been reading about possible bolt failure on older , low number bolts. There...
Decided to clean up the wood on my 03a3 , it was almost black from years of sitting around. I got the black film of goo off but it has the ugliest...
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