Talk:M1903 Springfield rifle

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Contents 1 Mauser clone 2 infobox 3 Article 4 Dry Sand? 5 Citation found for M1903A1 6 The recent move 7 Penetraion of various materials 8 British Servise

[edit] Mauser clone

The Springfield is pretty much a Mauser clone under the surface. AllStarZ 22:36, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Response: Yeah except Springfield created the rifle before Mauser did.

So the 1903 Springfield was created before the 1893 and 1898 Mausers? Interesting. Was time travel involved somehow?

The 1903 Springfield was heavily based on the Mauser action, to the extent that (as noted in the article), the US government actually paid royalties to Mauser. 76.123.216.96 (talk) 21:22, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] infobox

is there any chance we could add an info box Uber555 20:18, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article

Good start on a B-class. Weapon infobox (see Project page) needs added.--Oldwildbill 07:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

This article needs to be cleaned up in it's layout. I think the best "template" would be the M1 Garand. The layout, order and organisation of the information on this page are optimal and relevant to the historian and the gun buff. Currently this article is more suited to the former. Veritas Panther 01:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dry Sand?

The rifle's bullet penetrated dry sand better at the longer distance? Madmaxmarchhare 19:38, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citation found for M1903A1

I have a source that supports that, if some one will help me set it up it would be much appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.222.157.59 (talk) 14:09, 5 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] The recent move

I would like to ask Esskater to please explain the reason for his undiscussed move of this article from M1903 Springfield rifle to M1903 rifle. Moves such as this one should usually be discussed prior to their occurrence, and in this case I think it should be discussed if this move should stay, as the rifle in question is very frequently referred to as the M1903 Springfield rifle.--LWF 17:21, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

im fine with you changing back im was under the impresion that other made this weapon also. sry if i did this under false pretenses. im very sry. ive been getting into the habit of asking fro peopole opions on moves. (Esskater11 04:19, 15 June 2007 (UTC))

Although Springfield was the original manufacturer most people refer to it as, "The Springfield rifle" which is why it is a good idea to have it as M1903 Springfield rifle. Since we still need the designation, it is only fitting to have it as M1903 Springfield rifle. By the way, something that would really help us all would be if you were a little more careful about spelling and capitalization. Some of the things you've written have been hard to understand because of your spelling, and it can be hard to tell when some of your sentences start or end because of the lack of capitalization. It's also a good habit to get into when editing the encyclopedia, because when people go there, they expect it to be without typos, and written with proper English grammar. Also, when writing something in the talk pages, you need to skip a line after the last persons comments, or else they run together and become hard to read.--LWF 15:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Sry i have really bad grammer im gona start asking people to change things that i know are wrong, due to my bad grammer.(Esskater11 02:00, 16 June 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Penetraion of various materials

Wouldnt the whole write up on how far its capable of penetrating various materials go better on the .30-06 page than on this page? EO —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.180.196.202 (talk) 09:06, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] British Servise

Mention could be given to the thousands sold to Britain after Dunkirk in WWII , they were used for Regular Army and then the Home Guard afetr supplies of Lee Enfields matched demand Jim Sweeney (talk) 17:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)