Consignment Springfield 1903 30-06 30″ Barrel

Bolt action, magazine-fed, 5 round clip-loaded rifle adopted by the U.S. Army as its primary
shoulder arm in 1903. Replaced the M1892 .30-40 caliber “Krag-Jorgensen” Rifle after a decade
of service. The rifle was patterned on the Mauser action of German manufacture. Originally
issued with a ramrod bayonet, the “ought-three” as it was known, was soon equipped with the
M1905 knife bayonet. Theodore Roosevelt complained to the Secretary of War of the ramrod
bayonet: “I must say that I think that ramrod bayonet is about as poor an invention as I ever saw.
As you observed, it broke off short as soon as hit with even moderate violence. It would have no
moral effect and mighty little physical effect.” The rifle was loaded in its fixed box magazine
with a stripper clip of five .30 caliber, Model of 1906 (or “thirty-ought six”) cartridges. The
traditional carbine model was dispensed with in the issue of a standard 24” barrel on the service
rifle for infantry and cavalry. The 1903 Springfield continued in service as the U.S. bolt action
rifle through World War II and Korea, even with its replacement by the semi-automatic, gas operated 8 round M1 “Garand” Rifle after 1937