MANUAL

OF

BASIC TRAINING

AND

STANDARDS OF PROFICIENCY

FOR

THE NATIONAL GUARD

VOL. III

INFANTRY

THE RIFLE COMPANY

WEAPONS AND MARKSMANSHIP-SMALL ARMS

WAR DEPARTMENT

MILITIA BUREAU

Document No. 918

3. Instruction and qualification with bayonet. 4. Hand and rifle grenades--

5. Instruction and qualification with grenades_ 6. Basic specifications for qualification__-

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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

of rifle.

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-

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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 car-
tridge may be inserted in the chamber, thus making the maxi-
mum capacity of the rifle, for any one loading, six shots. In
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 car-
tridges 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.