THE M1903 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE - Self Defense Fund

The M1903 was not the first bolt-action rifle adopted by the US armed forces. By 1903 the Krag-Jørgensen had served the US Army for a little over a decade, and the M1895 Lee Navy and M1885 Remington-Lee had equipped the US Marine Corps (USMC) and Navy. It was the M1903, however, which was to incorporate the features deemed most desirable in ................
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