M1903 Springfield

Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06

Springfield M1903 Transitional (pre-WW2) issue - .30-06

Closeup detail of the M1903 Springfield above - this model is receiver cut for a Pederson Device.

The World War 2 Springfield Rifle - the Model 03-A3. This was a simplified version of the 1903 to supplement the M1 Garand for troops in World War 2. Many Marines and Army rangers hit the battlefield with the 03-A3. This example was built at the Remington plant. During World War 2 - only Remington and Smith Corona (the typewriter company) built 03A3 rifles from the original WW1 tooling from Rock Island - .30-06

M1903A4 Springfield sniper variant .30-06 with M84 scope

M1903 Air Service variant with fixed 25 round magazine for Downed Pilots

The M1903 Springfield (or it's variants) has appeared in the following movies, television shows and video games used by the following actors:

Film

• U.S. Army soldiers in King Kong

• Kent Military School students in Childs Play 3

• Barry Pepper as Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan (M1903A4 sniper version)

• U.S. military honor guard in Clear and Present Danger (with and without bayonets)

• Gary Sinise as one of Lt. Dan Taylor's ancestors in Forrest Gump

• Steve McQueen in The Sand Pebbles

• Gary Cooper as Sgt. Alvin York in Sgt.York

• The Wild Bunch

• The Professionals (1966)

• U.S. military personnel in Pearl Harbor

• Various U.S. Army Soldiers in Saving Private Ryan (03A3)

• U.S. Army Soldiers in Battle of the Bulge (03A3 as grenade launcher rifles)

• The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

Television

• Hugh Quarshie as Solomon and other Hooverville citizens in Doctor Who

Video Games

• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (M1903A1)

• Call of Duty

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour

• Call of Duty: Big Red One

• Call of Duty 2 (M1903A4 sniper version)

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Call of Duty 3

• Medal of Honor: Frontline (M1903A4 sniper version)

• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (M1903A4 sniper version)

• Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven