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Weapons #4: Service Rifles

Description and Rules for the Management of the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 (Ordnance Department Document No. 1923)
A detailed technical manual (the edition of January 22, 1917) published by the U.S. Government Printing Office. 77 pages with 157 line drawings of rifle components and 3 plates.

Soldier’s Handbook of the Rifle and Score Book for Special Course C arranged for the United States Rifle, Model of 1903 (War Department Document No. 698)
A user’s guide to the rifle, including sections on marksmanship and score sheets. 131 pages, illustrated with photographs and drawings.

Description and Rules for the Management of the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1917 (Ordnance Department Document No. 1917)
The technical manual for the U.S. “Enfield” rifle, edition of 1917 (revised January 16, 1918.). Contains 62 pages with 151 line drawings and 1 foldout plate.

Description and Rules for the Management of the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1917 (Ordnance Department Document No. 1917)
A six-page supplement to the original technical manual, illustrated with 5 line drawings concerned with fitting strikers to cocking pieces.

Soldier’s Handbook of the Rifle and Score Book for Special Course C arranged for the United States Rifle, Model of 1917 (War Department Document No. 698)
Another user’s guide (same publication number) but updated for the 1917 Enfield. The same contents as the handbook for the 1903 “Springfield” after page 16. 131 pages, illustrated with photographs and drawings.

Description of Telescopic Musket Sights, Models of 1908 and 1913 (Ordnance Department Document No. 1957)
Originally published in 1908 (revised twice; this edition printed in 1917), this is a technical manual for a rifle sight that was not widely used. 10 pages illustrated with 4 plates.

Price: $30