1903 Springfield Rifle
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2012
- Shooting, showing, & comparing the classic 1903 Springfield rifle. Since buying this gun and doing the video, I discovered that if I raise the ladder sight, I can actually get a bit of a peep sight that is better than the open sight.
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My grandad was a ww1 marine and he brought his home. My mother's brother sold it in the 80s to buy budweiser and pot. It still makes me sick.
Tycho van Steeg you're a damned liar. Lol
Tycho van Steeg I've got an awesome picture of him in his marine uniform showing his battle face in ww1. He came home and he and his wife made my maternal grandmother.
You clearly don't know any history. The USMC was founded November 10, 1775 and fought in several major battles in WWI on the Western Front, e.g. Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Meuse-Argonne offensive, etc. Learn some history before you get on the internet and start spouting off blatant inaccuracies and embarrassing yourself.
Tycho van Steeg marines have been around since 1775
Budweiser and pot are some highly sought after consumables. Surely your uncle had his reasons for trading in an instrument of death for some good ol' hippy recreational narcotics. It were the 80's dude.
I have my grandpa's 03 that l treasure. I take it out for deer at least once a year. Two years ago l shot a 9 point, it still working great.
Your grandpa's a hero bro as a Brit, I can say is Brits who have a passion for history and firearms have a soft spot for this gun.
I love shooting mine and recently stocked up on ammo. Great fun.
How much was the rifle I might look to buy one
First time I ever had the opportunity to go deer hunting my buddy and his father carried their Remington 700 variants and gave me an old Springfield 1903 with iron sights they’d had for years. The night before going out I walked myself through disassembling, cleaning, and re-assembling the rifle from a book my friend’s dad gave me and made sure the action was silky smooth. Shot my first deer with the very first shot I took that next morning up in the mountains. Missed the heart (was my first time firing the rifle, recoil was significantly more than I’d anticipated, and the deer was about 90 yards away) but nailed the deer’s spine at the base of its neck and luckily that did the job. Deer jumped straight up into the air like a rocket, hit the ground on its side like a stone, convulsed for a few seconds and then was still. Hell of an accurate rifle and an incredibly powerful round.
I've got one, 83 years old and used during WW2. It's a bit heavy, kicks like a mule, and is damn accurate without a scope. Before things got exotic after Vietnam , this was the sniper rifle we used from WW1 all the way to Vietnam in those early years in the '60's. With that pop up sight, and a good trained sniper, This was dead on accurate at 100 yards. The actor Barry Pepper's character in "Saving Private Ryan" used one.
With the pep sight on the lower ladder sight and line up the distance with the cross lines these rifles are a dream.
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It’s crazy how soldiers equipped with this 5 round, bolt action rifle were expected to go against fully automatic machine guns head on.
wwi sounds like a nightmare
I dont think they were expected to run straight at a mg, I mean it's trench warfare (mostly)
@@wafflez2437 actually they WERE thats what intensified trench systems in the first place
Its not the gun, its the person behind it
@@Saltyketchup688 well its both actually a good warrior is one with good skill and good weapon....yes he can make do with a less efficient weapon but he can work to his full potential if he got a better weapon!
that beginning was extremely satisfying to watch
Its even better in slow motion at the end. feels like the beginning of a movie or something.
Ballistol seems to work fine. It's all I've used on the SKS, Mosin, & AK for years now after shooting corrosive ammo.
I get a lot of recommendations for brain surgery, for some reason, but I've not thought much about eye surgery. :-)
Lol
Nice shotgun
First time I shot a 1903, I had the buttstock on my collar bone, never did that again
I have shot one for decades and yes, the first time I shot one, I had it against my collarbone! I guess you could say that is a defect of the Springfield. But you only do it once.....
James Gunning because you are paralyzed now I assume?
Dave Mustardstain well it is possble to not be paralyzed
James Gunning I have a Springfield Mark 1 i feel special😁
idk how much you shoot it even with it in your shoulder for 50 rounds it will start hurting your shoulder (although im firing 150 52grain handloads hot loads)
Thanks. This is a nice rifle, but I still struggle with the sights. I'd forgotten how small and almost invisible to me they are. I got it out this past weekend, not for a video, but just to plink some with. I looked down the sights and was reminded of how badly I need to change them out or something. I hate to mess with the original rear sight, but it is SO hard for me to pick up. After shooting the Swedish Mauser, this problem with the 1903 is even more obvious and frustrating to me.
Your post was a long time ago, Hickok, but I'll try anyway. Some people love the sights on the M1903 - which are called M1905 sights, by the way, if memory serves - but some struggle with them. Lyman makes an excellent aperture-style micrometer sight that many service rifle competitors use. Consider giving it a try if you want to stick with irons but need something different. Or get a M1903A3 with the ramp-style rear sight, which is graduated only to 100-800 yards, but has an aperture. You could always mount one of those reproduction Unertl 8x scopes on there, vintage-style. Hi-Lux out in California, makes them, as well as a couple of varieties of 2.5x power scopes which were also used in WWII and Korea.
This gun is an absolute DREAM to shoot! I ran through 80 rounds right away because I got so caught up in it! I also own a Mosin Nagant and a K98 and I get bored after about 20 rounds. Granted, at the end of the day, I had two large bruises on my shoulder and chest, but that's what awesome does to the human body.
When my grandfather got back from WW2, he ordered a Springfield and an Enfield and they both came in huge blocks of cosmoline. I find that pretty hilarious thinking of him cleaning all of that up.
Anyone who has cleaned cosmoline knows how little fun it is
sam8404 I completely resonate with your comment. Cleaning something caked in cosmoline requires just about a full dissembling. Years ago, I bought a Yugo Mauser 24/47 chambered in 8x57 with all matching part/serial numbers, but it was covered in cosmoline. While it's fun to acquire and have a piece of history, cleaning it and ridding it of the cosmoline is a job in and of itself.
It probably brought back memories of his time in the service. Recruits often had to clean Cosmoline-packed rifles and other small arms as a part of their training. SOP was to use boiling water, but it was faster to use an organic solvent such as gasoline or kerosene. Don't let the drill instructor catch you doing it that way, though - you'd be in big trouble.
I just bought one. It’s beautiful! The history behind it. What a legend.
did you find it online or in a local shop?
@@tyruswheeler3756 I just picked up a beut on gun broker for 550 including tax and shipping. cant wait for me new toy
Especially loved this 1903 Springfield vid because you pulled the trigger after the bayonet made partial penetration into the mellon, an action shown in old war movies over the years....Those are movies...you did it real time......When I cant be with a buddy on the range..I bring up your vids...and I don't even have weapons to clean after your done. You vids are fun and they teach, many thanks Hick
I usually catch your channel to catch various pistols being fired. I like your presentation style, casual but obviously well-informed and impartial. Very well done. I have, in storage at a friend's home in my home state of PA, (I've been living in Thailand for the past 20 years) an original 1903 Springfield, made at the Springfield plant, serial number in the 880k range, meaning it was made AFTER the introduction of the double-heat-treating process. I hope I live long enough to make another trip home so I can sell it, as I have no son to leave it to. It was carried through the German campaign by my stepfather, who retired as a CSM. He brought home 3, and gave this one to me for my 16th birthday (I'm 64). I totally stripped it once, and gave it a 'surgical' level cleaning, and re-linseeded the stock. Action is tighter than a bank-vault, (carried a lot, shot a little) and yet slick as wet ice. It even still has the cylindrical cleaning kit in the stock. If I can make it home, I hope I can find someone to give me an honest appraisal of it's value.
Great vid, thanks for sharing!
Those sights were intended for 18 year old eyes . :-)
God bless
Wyr
Wyr Twister Welp, I wear glasses...
26:30 best part
Easily one of best,most informative firearm videos on CZcams.
What an absolute beauty. I am also wanting one made by Springfield so I will just check local shops and gun shows until the right one comes along.
Just an excellent video. Thanks a million.
Had a great uncle who fought in WWI using M1903. I was impressed that they had to qual shooting moving targets i.e. vehicles, bi-planes and running Krauts! War Dept.'s FM23-10 is what Army/Marines used teaching recruits before they shipped off to France.
Finally a stripper clip Hickok can load.
What a wonderful presentation of the 03 sir. You are absolutely correct about this weapon being used in the south Pacific. My grandfather carried a bar and slung an o3 in the south Pacific. Saipan, Bougainville and Guam where he was wounded. He got to bring his 03 springfield home. He showed me all about the gun. I got to touch his weapon from ww2. Yes it it a beauty. Watching you fire this weapon bought back so many memories. Thank you sir so much.
Most beautiful bolt gun ever made. This will always be my favorite gun. It is enchanting. Love it. I just wish they were the same price as other comparable surplus bolt guns. $99 for a 91/30, $200 for a Mauser, $600 for a Springfield, at least.
Its 2022 and I wish i could even get one for $800 or any of those guns for reasonable price
@@love2chiefs I recently got into gun buying and it's a doozy looking for guns and seeing these prices people talked about 10 to even just 3 years ago. Have 2 1903 Springfields in my towns gun shop but are going for $1600 while a nearby store has an Ottoman 1903 Mauser for $400.
The 03 Springfield was the weapon we drilled with in military academy. I was armory sgt and color guard. The two rifles for our squad I hand rubbed the stocks with tongue oil. They were beautiful and the finest looking in the entire battalion inventory. Almost 40 years later I can still see my weapon #285 when I close me eyes.
I am twelve years old and my grandfather was born in 1897. He served in ww1 and ww2. He braught both of his guns home. The 1903 and the m1 garand . He lived until he was 107 and I shot these guns like three years after he died. They both shoot really well and it was not until I was eleven that I new he served in bellow wood and in the second wave of D day. I am very proud of my grandfather. My dad was also in the marines and he retired in 2000 and then he joined the police force in 2001 right after 9/11. He is now almost a police chief.
I'm a ramen noodle and I knew about the m1903 before BF1 was announced
Mr. Audi no way
i know m1903 before call of duty released ww2 game series
cod waw
I have one lol
So what?
Awesome rifle! thanks for a very thorough review. I have my M1 Garand and shooting that rifle is very humbling. Coming home from the range with my shoulder turned purple is a bitter sweet experience that I love to do over and over again LoL
HOLY That plate sold for $1,108.54!?!?! Thats insane!!!
+The 20th Century Limited (Ricky B.) 1.6 million subs wanted it :D
+Laicorum lol yep
My great grandfather just gave me his service 1903 from WWII. I can't remember what the serial number is but I know that all of the stamps are legit and the serial number saw service in at least one, if not both, world wars. I'm going to clean it, even though there isn't a speck of rust on it. I really want to shoot it but I need to make sure that it's safe to fire first.
Sounds safe to me
Yup. It's pretty good. It's all original parts too. Made in 1919.
+Louis Sanderson Good point.
lucky guy you are!
DO NOT CLEAN IT!!!!!!!!
Hickok, you put up some of the best videos! I gotta say, I'm pretty jealous of all these good looking guns you shoot! once again, awesome videos! keep it up!
Hickok is an encyclopedia. I love listing to him give the history of the weapons he's shooting. Very informative.
M1903 Springfield one of my favorite rifle of the U.S. arm weapon, never shot one.
But it's a beautiful rifle
Yes, they are generally okay to use again.
Thanks for sharing this incredible piece of History. I really enjoyed it!
Getting me fired up to take mine out. Hickok, your passion for life lived one cartridge at a time is contagious!
I've always just stayed with Ballistol for cleaning after using corrosive ammo in my SKS, AK, Mosin, etc. Anything else could neutralize the protective curing I've developed by using nothing else but it.
Bayonet for deer hunting, hah! You crack me up Hickok.
And man the action on that Krag looks smooth as butter!
Awesome video and they just keep getting better. Really like the history and evolution of the firearm. Saw your Garand video and got me motivated to order one of last correct grades from CMP after waiting 20 years!!
Mr Hickok45, you sir just have too much fun and I am jealous!!! Thanks for all the videos, information, education, and entertainment!! Keep up the good work sir :-)
It went to charity, The Wound Warriors Project. That was before we knew about their aversion to associating with firearms businesses and such. Still, it did some good.
I just recently purchased that book but have not read it yet. Thanks for the reminder to dig it out.
hickok45 nice shooting!
Thank you Sir, for this Awesome video....the 03 has always been one of my favorite all time Rifles. Such a Beautiful Masterpiece... I've been searching for many years for just the right one for me.. I learned more then i ever have about this weapon watching this video....Thank you again....and a Great ending, and Thank God for those Brave and Courageous Men and Women in the past that did so much for us.... Amen.......
Great freakin vid. I like the history behind the weapons and the simple explanation of the bolt mechanism by showing us its progression with different weapons. Subbed!
He seems like a man version of Dr. Phil. The wealth of knowledge is amazing, love his videos
The 1903 is a painful pleasure to shoot. I'd like to get an A3 a a compliment to my Krag.
A craig? The shortest serving military rifle that was outclassed in the Spanish civil war.
daylon boender No it's a Krag. As in Krag-Jorgensen. It wasn't a terrible rifle, it just came about as too little too late. The turn on the 20th century was the single greatest era of firearms invention and the Krag just couldn't keep up.
I can always rely on you for information on guns that spark my interest. Even when my interest seems to be random, sure enough, you've got a video on it!
Thanks Hickok45! I really enjoy all of your videos.
"I've got my bayonet for deer hunting..."
I'd love to see that video!!
That is my dream gun, and it always will be
I really enjoyed this video! Congrats on finding such a nice '03 for your collection. It's a beauty!
Keep up the good work!
Ive been waiting for an 03 springfield video. Great work, keep it up and we'll keep enjoying it.
The M1903 is my favorite rifle from WWII. I personally like it even more than the Garand. I liked the Lee-Enfield and Mosin Nagant, plus the Mauser Kar98k, but I have always been the most partial to the Springfield. The Springfields are really pricey nowadays, so I would probably buy a dirt cheap Mosin instead.
Save up for a 1903 instead. They're tougher to find than Mosin-Nagants and the Russians and their allies built so many that they'll be around for some time to come.
I have an03 just like the one he is shooting except mine was made by Rock Island Armory in 1918 and re-barreled in 1944 and shoots great even with the 30/06 amo made in 1944
Another classic piece of history that I am hoping to buy soon.Thanks for these very informative videos Hickok45,on these fine weapons.That rifle is beautiful.
The things You do for us people! Thanks! And the history lessons is the best! Thanks Hickok45.
I bought one of these this summer from a "Fudd". He works with my sister and my sister gave me the heads up he had a rifle for sale because it was a military rifle and he doesn't like it or want it because it was "made for killing people". So long story short, $150 later it was mine and was in mint shape, It was definitely refurbished as the stock didn't have a single ding. Receiver was in mint shape, had a S.A. barrel from October 1917. Rifle itself was a Rock Island Arsenal with a "safe" serial number dating around 1920-1921. I ended up selling it a month later for $800 which helped fund a new 1911 purchase.
Always nice to benefit from somebody else's idiocy. :-)
Sure is. I ended up using the cash to purchase a Dan Wesson CBOB. I figured it is as close to an Ed Brown as I can get without going into debt and having a hit out on me by the wife. Thank you so much for your response and all that you do for fellow firearm enthusiasts and the 2nd Amendment. And congrats on being a Grandpa!
Nice, I don't think I could have sold it.
Eric D Shh I'm hunting wabbits
If you are going to shoot the 50's headstamp ammo please be sure and clean the rifle after, as Korean War 30/06 issue ammo is known to be corrosive. Most old shooters I have known would not even touch buying an M-1 with "Blue Sky" and the eagle stamped on the gas cylinder just for this reason.
WOW. Today, I bought one of these, and the serial number is just a few hundred away from yours, and it was re-barreled in September 1942 by Springfield. Since I live in California, I need to wait ten days to pick it up. I've had a 1903-A3 since 1976, which I bought when I was in high school, but I've always wanted a 1903, because that's what my dad carried in WWII. Thanks for posting this!
Have one at a million and a half serial number from Springfield armoury , this thing is stamped and immaculate . I know they are collectable over here and have been offered £2,500.00 but until I really need the money this baby stays with me . Like yourself Mr Hickok I can't shoot it well due to the sights which I believe go up to 2,825 yards or thereabouts but it's a rifle you pick up and it feels amazing and that's without the history to go with it . Great review sir , love your series . Subscribed
LMAO the ending was priceless id clean the gun for free if i live in that area
I got to shoot this a few days ago. Really felt like I was looking down the iron sights of history. Was gonna shoot the M1 Garand, but something about that springfield just spoke to me.
yea dude the '03 saw both world wars its crazy. should've shot the garand as well because its the semi-auto that carried the american infantry in ww2
Thank you for the details, it's always welcome and is what sets your videos apart!
Thanks for including the Krag and Mauser rifles! Really neat stuff
I'm in love with this gun
26:25 was the best thing I have seen this month! lol
I've found myself really liking your videos and have been watching them for a while now and realized why haven't I subscribed? haha. Anyways you've earned a subscriber and I continue to watch your videos. I love this gun, one of my favorite ever developed to date. Gotta love the old military surplus guns.
Beautiful rifle Hickok, I am a sucker for older weapons such as this beautiful piece of machinery. I love your videos keep up the good work, you always educate me and put a smile on my face at the same time, so I never lose interest.
I’m currently watching the mini series The Pacific and I see a lot of US Marines using this early in the war while fighting the Japanese on Guadalcanal. Interesting
@Spark That J, The Pacific is such a fantastic miniseries, yeah the Marines were very skilled with these rifles, apparently they were so skilled and fast with them, that they would pull back the bolt during the recoil and have the next round chambered, the Garand was obviously faster, but it was a pretty small difference in rate of fire because of the Marines' long time experience and expertise with them , even when they were completely different actions.
1st Marine Division and on Guadalcanal they were somewhat poorly equipped, They were eating off rations from WW1 made in 1918 that was surplus
Hey Hickok, try using the leaf's sight peep, that should improve your accuracy a little bit
another great video Hickock45 thank you for your time doing these videos. I put a m1903 on lay away yesterday and wanted to see if you had a video of it and Sher enough ya did and made me want it even more lol god bless and happy thanksgiving
And, my wish for an awesome slo-mo at the end was totally granted. I love it.
You make it look so easy HickHock45, if i tried, I'd probably miss a two liter from 15 yards, lol
Great! It is history! 🇧🇷
Hickok45, thanks so much for profiling an original M1903 Springfield. I have seen your M1903A3 video, but there's just something about the older ones that is really special. The M1905 sight, the rear ladder-style sights on those rifles, is a brilliant design with many useful features, if one is willing to take the time to learn them. First, when the rear-sight is folded down, there is a battle-sight zero notch available, which is designed for snap shooting. It generally zeros to about 545 yards, give or take - or about 12-inches high at 100 yards. In those days just after the invention of smokeless powder and flat-shooting high-velocity spitzer bullets (i.e., flat-shooting in comparison to black powder guns and their heavy low-velocity slugs), it was though that typical infantry combat wold take place at extended ranges, hundreds of yards, which is why the BSZ is set as it is. The ladder sight offers several different means of taking a sight picture, depending on intended use. You will notice that the sights curve slightly as the yardage increases - this is a built-in compensation for spin drift due to the right-handed twist of the barrel rifling.
Perfected in 1905, these rear sights were known henceforth as "Model 1905 sights." Originally, they worked well with M1905 150-grain FMJ spitzer-flat base bullet with MV of 2765 fps (or 2700 fps 78 feet downrange, which was how they measured muzzle velocity in those days). Later, the M1905 was adapted to M1 Ball 174-grain FMJ-BT at ~ 2700 fps (2648 78 feet downrange), and finally M2 Ball adopted in 1938, with a 152-grain spitzer flat-base at 2805 fps. The M1905 sights worked great for the Marines in WWI at Belleau Wood and Château-Thierry when Marine riflemen armed with iron-sighted M1903 rifles picked off advancing German infantry from ranges of up to 800 yards.
Your so fun to watch. You give a lot of info and history about the rifle. Can you please do an arisaka type 99 video?
Check out the movie "Saving Private Ryan" with the actor who was praying for an accurate shoot. That was a Springfield 30:06.
That was Private Daniel Jackson played by actor Barry Pepper.
Mama Springfield
I love your videos just the way u make them and talk about the guns. just awesome. keep it up
I was looking at these on "J&G Sales" today... I love the older Military weapons, from all countries.... I'm applying for a C&R so I can have them shipped directly to my home... Anyway, whenever I want to see a good review on a firearm that I'd like to buy, and get some background, I just search your channel and most times you've done a video on it.... Thanks for all the informative and entertaining videos...
"Oh no i hit one of my pigs!" LOL
It’s funny how you can’t tell if his video is three weeks or eight years old.
Your videos awesome! I love all the historical information about the weapons.
the only history channel i need, well this and count dankula’s madlads
Everybody wants a mosin. But I want an 03.
Everyone wants an 03 but they’re $700
Have both. One from pawpaw. 03 and the other I bought at a Roses department store back in the eighties. The mosin seems to have more range... maybe. Mosin is a little longer barreled.
Get both! But not just any Mosin....get an M39. It’s a Finnish captured Mosin. It was upgraded and is a really great shooter.
I want one.....
love the videos hickock45! keep em coming
Now imagine fighting off waves of enemy's over a period of a few weeks with this rifle. No fancy gloves or hearing protection either. Just some warm brews and cheap wine to help you get through it! RIP to the WW1 & 2 VETS legends.
Beautiful rifle, my favourite from the USA, i prefer these older versions with the nice curved trigger guard as opposed to the more "garand" type versions made during WW2
And its still somehow the worst gun to get in the mystery box.
What Mystery Box?
@@shockwave6213 Mystery box from Unturned
Oh yeah yeah or any WaW map for that matter
roflmao nice
It's not too bad, you just have to know how to use it.
going to be shooting one today for the first time excited and i love the history lesson video well done
That fantastic feeling when youre thinking about buying a certain gun and hickock posts a video about it. Excellent
when I star gun collecting, I would like to get a Kar98k first, and then following that not in any particular order, springfield, enfield, and nagant
arisaka type 38? they are excellent japanese rifles
Hunter Jordan i just want a arisaka XD
Jack Finnigan Hunter Jordan yea I should have added the arisaka to the list, great rifle
Hunter Jordan Idk I was never a huge fan of the Garand, I think its a bit ugly
Hunter Jordan The one extremely expensive one I want is a Luger
How do you have the infantry variant?
We have the infantry variant now. Select the Experimental variant, and tap the fire select button. Its an animation to pull out the Pederson Device.
Awesome video, nice rifle. I love the humor too! Fantastic! 🤠🤠👍👍
Hickok45,
Love the video, Great Job. I have one of the rifles that I bought through CMP about 4-6 years ago and shoot it all the time. I am sure you have tried this already but I find that flipping up the leaf site and shooting with the peep site on it helps alot.
Keep up the Great Work
Will
Hicock45, can you be my dad? :D
+Indy Dibona
If so can I be the doge
+Other Doge If so, can I be the Cheat?
Dj Tapatio If so, can I be the cat?
So, can I be the fish?
If so, can I be the great-grandchild?
Classic WWI rifle we stole copy rights Mauser k98s bolt action and clip
We paid royalties until WW1.
Brian Patronie still was stolen until the lawsuit
also the k98 (karabiner 98) wasn't made at that time, the designation was Gewehr 98 (rifle 98). I know just minor things but it is better to be correct
mg42 cwby krauts were more pissed that we mopped the floor with slamfire shotgun
Just wherever I can find it at a reasonable price; gunshows, shops, online, etc.
That is a very good looking rifle, thank you hickok.