MANUAL OF BASIC TRAINING AND STANDARDS OF PROFICIENCY FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD VOL. III INFANTRY THE RIFLE COMPANY WEAPONS AND MARKSMANSHIP-SMALL ARMS Pistol, dismounted.... 297 3. Instruction and qualification with bayonet. 351 403 5. Instruction and qualification with grenades. 417 351 (III) WEAPONS UNITED STATES RIFLE, CALIBER .30, MODEL OF 1903, ACCESSORIES AND APPENDAGES (T. R 320-10) SECTION J. Description of rifle II. Description of assemblies, groups, and parts III. The bayonet, model of 1905, and the bayonet scabbard IV. Appendages and accessories_. V. Mechanical operation of the rifle.. VI. Care of the rifle_. VII. Tabulated data-‒‒. Paragraphs 1 SECTION I DESCRIPTION OF RIFLE 1. General.-The United States rifle, caliber .30, model of 1903, is the only caliber 30 rifle at present authorized for general issue to the service. It is sometimes popularly referred to as the "Springfield rifle," because it was first made and is still made at the Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass. It is a breech-loading magaz.ne rifle of the bolt type. The magazine of the rifle will hold five cartridges and one additional cartridge may be inserted in the chamber, thus making the maximum capacity of the rifle, for any one loading, six shots. order to facilitate the loading of the magazine, cartridges are ordinarily put up in brass clips, holding five cartridges each. The magazine, however, may be loaded by inserting single cartridges by hand, one after the other. The total weight of the rifle, including oiler and thong case, but without bayonet, is 8.69 pounds. The bayonet weighs 1 pound. In |