Bolt action rifle through world war ii and korea even with its replacement by the semi automatic gas.
Left hand springfield 1903.
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Initially the 1903 springfield was chambered in a new 30 03 caliber.
Springfield 1903 left hand conversion bolt action.
Open breech by operating bolt drawing up and back to work action.
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The 1903 springfield as originally adopted used a rod bayonet and a 30 caliber model 1903 cartridge 30 03 with a 220 grain round nose bullet.
Approximately 74 500 rifles were finished by the end of 1904 and being issued to the army.
With left hand grasping piece at balance of stock and right holding piece at small or wrist of stock.
Must have been hell of a work to do this also wondering why they would use a m1917 bolt.
It was made for a left handed shooter so it has the cheekpiece on the wrong side of the stock.
I was wathching a show on the military channel the other night and it showed and i think it was in the eto a gi coming out of a bunker with what looked like a 1903 or an 1903a3 in left hand so i ask you folks did they make them in lefthand or was the picture somehow reversed.
The m1903 springfield formally the united states rifle caliber 30 06 model 1903 is an american five round magazine fed bolt action service repeating rifle used primarily during the first half of the 20th century.
