U S Rifle, Caliber 30, M1903 Basic Field Manual: Fm 23-10

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:U S Rifle, Caliber 30, M1903 Basic Field Manual: Fm 23-10ISBN13:9781940453637ISBN10:1940453631Author:Department, War (Author)Description:The Greatest Of All U S Military Issue, Bolt Action Rifles, The M1903 Springfield Saw Front Line Service In Wwi And Wwii, And Limited Service In The Korean War And Vietnam Officially Known As The United States Rifle, Caliber 30-06, Model 1903, The Springfield Is A Five-Round Magazine, Repeating Rifle The Origins Of The Weapon Can Be Traced Back To The 1898 Spanish-American War, And The Effective And Deadly Use Of The Mauser M1893 By Spanish Troops It Was Clear That These Weapons Outclassed American Standard-Issue Springfield Krag-Jorgensen Rifles In The Wake Of That Conflict, The U S Military Decided To Rapidly Adopt The Mauser System And Purchased A License From Germany For $200,000 The Resulting Weapon Was A Long Gun With Accuracy At Range And A Reliable Internal Mechanism It Was Fairly Conventional In Design, Except That The Weapon Could Be Considered A Hybrid, In That It Was Capable Of Serving Both As A Service Gun And A Carbine The M1903 Was Designed, Developed And Built At The Springfield Armory, And So Took On The Springfield Designation Initially Designed To Use The 30-03 Cartridge, The Weapon Was Modified To Accept A Pointed Bullet Design Known As The Cartridge, Ball, Caliber 30, Model Of 1906 This Bullet Became Known As The 30-06 Or 30-06 Springfield The M1903 First Saw Combat During The Philippine-American War, And By The Outbreak Of Wwi Was The U S Army's Standard Infantry Rifle It Began To Be Supplanted By The Semi-Automatic M1 Garand In 1936, But Due To Production Shortages And Other Issues, It Was Still Used Extensively In Wwii Post-War It Remained In Service Primarily Secondary Uses Such As Guard Duty, As A Drill Rifle, And For Sniper Duty Today The M1903 Springfield Remains Popular As A Civilian Firearm, Historical Collector's Piece, A Competitive Shooting Rifle, And As A Military Drill Rifle Produced By The U S Army In 1943, This Basic Field Manual Was Standard Issue And Used For Basic Training And Sniper School It Contains Chapters About The Handling And Care Of The Weapon, Ammunition, Marksmanship, And Instructor Curriculum Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Periscope Film LLCPublication Date:2022-01-18Weight:0.99 lbsDimensions:0.7'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:336Language:English

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