Sporterizing the M1903A4, Austrian Army Style

[Promo]

Title says it all ...

[Promo]

Addendum, despite being from a different period, Austrian Army exhibition of Arms somewhen early post 1955. It was either 460 or 480 of M1903A4 sniper rifles they were given by the US government as aid post WWII.

[Promo]

Addendum, despite being from a different period, Austrian Army exhibition of Arms somewhen early post 1955. It was either 460 or 480 of M1903A4 sniper rifles they were given by the US government as aid post WWII.

Found another picture from the same place with other guns displayed, dated and location given. Therefore, this exhibition was at Truppenübungsplatz Döllersheim (nowadays "TÜPl Allentsteig) in 1957. That other picture shows MP M1 (Thompson), MP M3 (Grease Gun), MP40 (Schmeisser) and MP41 (PPSh41).

[Sapper740]

I had a set of grenade sights and carrying case for my Garand years ago. I don't remember ever seeing the sight mounted on the rifle before

[browningautorifle]

I don't remember ever seeing the sight mounted on the rifle before

I've seen it lots but wouldn't do it as they have no purpose to us. I had the sight complete and still in the paper wrap when I sold it 30 years later...

[Promo]

I've seen it lots but wouldn't do it as they have no purpose to us.

See, the difference is they actually had grenades to use that thing for, whereas most of us on these forums neither have the grenades nor the ranges to shoot them .

[browningautorifle]

whereas most of us on these forums neither have the grenades nor the ranges to shoot them .

I used the grenade launcher on an M1 at one point when I lived in the prairies to see how far an old launching cartridge would send it. Just a training grenade, went about two hundred yards launched high angle...but would never drill holes to ruin a stock in a collector piece.

Of course the army didn't care...

[Sapper740]

I used the grenade launcher on an M1 at one point when I lived in the prairies to see how far an old launching cartridge would send it. Just a training grenade, went about two hundred yards launched high angle...but would never drill holes to ruin a stock in a collector piece.

Of course the army didn't care...

I've still got a couple of post-war dummy M31 HEAT grenades kicking around.

[Surpmil]

That's a lot of scope and a lot of recoil forces for Wiener schnappmontage.

[Promo]

That's a lot of scope and a lot of recoil forces for Wiener schnappmontage.

Looks like Suhler Claw mount to me?