Worlds most beautiful Rifle

**Promo** · 07-14-2011 03:28 PM

A M1903 is just the most beautiful and interesting piece of rifle one can own

(BTW - arranging the above picture took less time than putting all rounds back in their packages)

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**Highly Recommended** · 07-14-2011 03:28 PM

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**Harlan (Deceased)** · 07-14-2011 04:57 PM

GREAT Photo!

**Rick the Librarian** · 07-14-2011 06:14 PM

Great picture, Promo, but you can hardly see that M1903!

Now THIS is a great picture (pat myself on the back!!) of a M1903!!

**Harlan (Deceased)** · 07-14-2011 07:49 PM

I'll help pat you on the back for that one RTL. That was one of the best photos I'd ever seen. (Who helped you?)

**pmclaine** · 07-14-2011 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Rick the Librarian

Great picture, Promo, but you can hardly see that M1903!

Now THIS is a great picture (pat myself on the back!!) of a M1903!!

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...tandard-22.jpg

Where is the afghan?

**Harlan (Deceased)** · 07-14-2011 09:05 PM

After five years of intense therapy RTL finally put away his 'afghan blanky' and you had to bring it up???

**Rick the Librarian** · 07-15-2011 09:19 AM

The above picture was for a magazine article on this rifle. John Beard icon

sort of helped me. However, he didn't like the photograph (of the former owner of the M1903 illustrated) and thought it should be on the other side. I sent the editor several pictures with the items moved around. I had to laugh when she picked the picture to use that John Beard didn't like! Different strokes....

Oh, did someone mention my (you know what)???

(My favorite afghan "story" was about the one guy who sold me a nice early M1903. One of the sales "conditions" was that I post a picture of the rifle on CSP icon

with the afghan in the background! Talk about different strokes!!)

**Emri** · 07-15-2011 09:41 AM

I don't see a M1903 in Promo's pic. I do see part of a M1903A4.

**emmagee1917** · 07-15-2011 12:43 PM

To paraphrase a much better poet than I :

" What is in a name? that which we call a 1903 by any other name would look as nice . "

Chris

**Promo** · 07-15-2011 03:02 PM

Didn't say that there's a M1903 in the picture (though there is one - you only see one part of it

), but originally also ment it's derivates and successors.

Rick, what a great looking early M1903.

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