Celebrating the 4th with some US service rifles.
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nettlle
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A very nice collection! All my favorites are there. Not easy finding guns like this these days. Very impressive!
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highpower
Fantastic collection; looks a lot like my brother's U.S. service rifle collection. No Thompson but he does have a very nice BAR to go with it.
Fantastic collection; looks a lot like my brother's U.S. service rifle collection. No Thompson but he does have a very nice BAR to go with it.
Hardtarget
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I have a very few old military rifles. I'd like to go today but it is raining too hard to even hang a target!
I am impressed with your collection! Some good lookin' firearms there!
I'm sure that took a while to put together.
Mark
I am impressed with your collection! Some good lookin' firearms there!
I'm sure that took a while to put together.Mark
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Love it. Awesome group.
bangswitch
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Beautiful collection of service rifles.
You need to stick a Mosin-Nagant 1891 in there next to the 1903 Springfield. It was also used as a US service rifle in late summer of 1918. It's the rarest of all US service rifles, some 469,000 were built under contract by Remington, and the US got stuck with about 280,000 of them when the Bolsheviks cancelled the order ( for 3.3 million rifles) after the Revolution. They issued the rifles to US and British troops who served in the North Russia Campaign of 1918, as well as using them to train US National Guard and ROTC units. As a US service rifle, it was designated "US Rifle, 7.62mm, Model of 1916", so its service coincides with the time of the 1903 Springfield.
You need to stick a Mosin-Nagant 1891 in there next to the 1903 Springfield. It was also used as a US service rifle in late summer of 1918. It's the rarest of all US service rifles, some 469,000 were built under contract by Remington, and the US got stuck with about 280,000 of them when the Bolsheviks cancelled the order ( for 3.3 million rifles) after the Revolution. They issued the rifles to US and British troops who served in the North Russia Campaign of 1918, as well as using them to train US National Guard and ROTC units. As a US service rifle, it was designated "US Rifle, 7.62mm, Model of 1916", so its service coincides with the time of the 1903 Springfield.
I had a US property marked Remington M91 a few years ago but let it go when I sold the bulk of my collection to raise money to buy a house. The purpose of this display was to showcase the rifles that are classified as standard issue weapons. The M-N's were mostly used by the troops sent to Vladivostok to keep the arms and supplies out of the hands of the Red Russians during the revolution, so I would not consider them to be a standard issue weapon.
I do wish I still had that rifle though. It was in 95% original condition and as I recall, I think I paid something like a $100 for it.
But, if this helps any, here is a pic of my Winchester M1917 (1-18 dated barrel). There were more M1917's issued to AEF troops in WWI than '03 Springfields. Also I will throw in a Winchester M1897 Trench Gun as they were also issued to front line soldiers. Both are pictured with original Winchester M1917 bayonets.
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