Talk:M1903 Springfield

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Additional Variants

Springfield M1903 "Parade" rifle

M1903A4 Springfield with Model 330 Weaver scope - .30-06

Parris-Dunn Training Rifle, Mark I Navy model

M1903 Air Service - .30-06. Only 910 pieces were manufactured in 1918.

An M1903 with an air service magazine equipped. - .30-06

New version of M1903 Image

M1903A4 Springfield sniper variant .30-06 with M84 scope.

An M1903A3 "Springfield" Rifle manufactured by Remington Arms for use during World War II. Note the C-type pistol-grip stock - .30-06

--Kin93 12:26, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Variation on a Sporterized M1903

It's a good photo, but it isn't the right dimensions to be on the main page. So here it is. I put it on the Black Sunday page. --Jcordell 21:18, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Sporterized M1903 Springfield

Sporterized M1903 Springfield

Sporterized M1903 Springfield

Sporterized M1903 Springfield

Screen Used Rifles

M1903A1 Springfield sniper rifle (.30-06) fitted with a 7.8x Unertl scope. This rifle was used in Letters from Iwo Jima.

A pair of M1903A1 Springfield sniper rifles (.30-06) with 7.8x Unertl scopes. The guns pictured here were the actual rifles used in Letters from Iwo Jima (one is primary, the other is a back-up), and the rifle was fired by Master Sergeant Tom Minder, one of the technical advisors, in the film.

Pedersen Device

Adding this to the page

M1903 Mk 1 Springfield fitted with the Pedersen Device - .30-18 Auto (also known as the 7.65×20mm Longue)

Discussion

Hey, this is a good article but there are some suggestions I have. The M1903A1 featured a C-type pistol-grip stock and some other minor improvements and was introduced in 1929. It did see service, and was not only manufactured in limited numbers as some sources note. There was a sniper version of the M1903A1 used solely by the Marine Corps, espiecially at the beginning of the war, that was a select-grade receiver and barrel and featured a high-quality optic, and was designated as the M1941. This model and information can be confirmed in an article contained both within the Guns and Ammo Surplus Arms special, in the second volume, and also in a duplicate of the same article featured in American Rifleman.

BTW, good info! Didn't want you to think we didn't welcome cool info. I'm just guarded against unknown variants or unused variants in film/tv/etc. Good work! MoviePropMaster2008 05:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, but SAWGunner89 , please sign your posts :) . But .... Also please remember that IMFDB is not a Gun Encyclopedia. The new info may be useful, but we must be aware that it is NOT IMFDB's job to list every variant of a said weapon for be an exhaustive resource for the history of the gun. Our primary concern is chronicling the APPEARANCES of any said weapon in visual entertainment media (film, tv, etc.) If there is a variant that is rare and does NOT appear in anything, it doesn't belong here. Just a reminder that's all. MoviePropMaster2008 01:59, 16 March 2010 (UTC)