Springfield M1903 Rifle

The M1903 Springfield, officially the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903, is an American five-round, non-removable, staggered-row box magazine-fed, bolt-action, repeating service rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century.

officially adopted by the United States as the standard infantry rifle on 19 June 1903

It also was used as a sniper rifle during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War

It served as the standard American infantry rifle through the First World War, chambered in the .30-06 Springfield cartridge that itself became a long-lived standard American military round, and though the semi-automatic M1 Garand replaced it as the US Army's primary infantry rifle beginning in the later 1930s, the M1903 remained in extensive American service through the Second World War in secondary roles including as a grenade-launching platform and, fitted with a telescopic sight, as a standard American sniper rifle

1903-1936 (as the standard U.S. service rifle), 1936-1970s (as a U.S. Army sniper rifle)

From its adoption in 1943 until the end of the war the M1903A4 was used extensively in every theater of operation by both the US Army and the USMC.

From its adoption in 1943 until the end of the war the M1903A4 was used extensively in every theater of operation by both the US Army and the USMC.