The accoutrements chapter includes information on bayonets and scabbards, slings, grenade launchers, cleaning equipment, and much more.
#1919 ROCK ISLAND 1903 FOR SALE SERIAL NUMBER#
Such details include finish, dates of manufacture and serial number correlation, manufacturer and inspection markings, rebuild marks, and differences in parts between the three manufacturers: Winchester, Remington, and Eddystone. The purpose of this book is to inform the collector of details to be expected of an original, or “correct”, Model 1917 rifle. It saved the day generations ago, but is little understood as a collectable military item or in historic significance. Because three American firms were already making rifles for Britain it was possible that an American version of the British Pattern 14 rifle could be produced quickly in significant numbers. Government armories were unable to supply the additional millions of rifles required. When America entered World War One it had but 600,000 Model 1903 rifles with which to arm a growing military. The very existence of the Model 1917 rifle was almost accidental. Duff provides both the beginning and advanced collector of the Model 1917 rifle with a depth of information heretofore unavailable. The UNITED STATES RIFLE MODEL OF 1917 by Mark G. Therefore, the Springfield ’03 collector will also derive benefit from this book.Ĭhapters are devoted to the history of Rock Island Arsenal, its first M1903 rifle production period (1904-1913), early alterations, its second rifle production period (World War I), post-War events, barrel date/serial number correlation, production numbers, the 1919 National Match rifles, final inspectors (cartouches), bayonets, scabbards, slings, marksmanship badges, and the Rock Island Arsenal Museum. In order to identify the differences between the Rock Island and Springfield ’03 rifles, details on both are examined. This book examines, in depth, all aspects of this most interesting ’03 variant. Throughout its lengthy history, the Rock Island Arsenal produced a myriad of military equipment, but only one firearm, the Model 1903 rifle. ’03, this is the ONLY book devoted solely to the Rock Island Arsenal Model 1903 rifle. The standard reference works on the M1903 include little detailed information specific to the R.I.A. Duff provides both the beginning and advanced collector of the Rock Island Arsenal Model 1903 rifle with a depth of information heretofore unavailable.
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