in all these top 10's they place the america's latest version of what the top 10 is about in number 2 to avoid looking biased(though they do talk about it like its the #1). then they randomly trow in other guns and make up a story to make it fit its rank.
@Xgendude14 oh ahah yeah they can there are videos of i think .308 doing so like someone but a camera in a bullet proof box or something shot at it and you can see the dirt fly and like 1 second later you can hear the gunshot
I would love to own one of these but sadly I wouldnt even know where to begin to look to find one of these (I'm not big into guns but I would like to be). this is history right here
im reading the comments below, and noticing that everyone is metioning most other weapons than the springfield. the springfield is and was then an exellent rifle. my great grandfather stood up at pearl harbor with a springfield and started shooting at the zekes in the air. the springfield is one of my fav combat weapons and is most definatley, one of the best ever.
how did this come higher than the STG44? this isn't ground breaking or advanced for its time like the stg was, we don't use this kind of weapon for most of our infantry we do use weapons like the stg
what i cant understand is why they even put the m14 in it, and why the smle is 3 and the mauser is 6. i mean, c'mon! the mauser is way more popular and more used. most bolt action rifles today use its system. weaponology -.-
@DJM442 well, the 1903 is basically a copy of the mauser. the only country that the springfield was popular or used was the us. teh mauser was used all over the world.
since the vids are kinda mixed, this is the row if you wan't to see them in row: 10 M14 9 Sturmgewehr 44 8 1903 Springfield 7 Steyr AUG 6 Mauser 98k Carbine 5 FN FAL 4 M1 Garand 3 Lee Enfield SMLE 2 M16 Rifle 1 AK 47 thumbs up so everyone can find them
@maidenfan97 If you owned both of them you would pick the 1903. The Mosin Nagant is nice, but the 1903 is better. My only military surplus bolt action I like more is the Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1.
@maidenfan97 If you owned both of them you would pick the 1903. The Mosin Nagant is nice, but the 1903 is better. My only military surplus bolt action I like more is the Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1.
Hilarious. Despite the fact that the most common rifle in Europe in WWI was the M1917 Enfield, despite the fact that the M1903 is a shameless copy of the Mauser, despite the fact that the .30-'06 is a shameless copy of the 7.92x57 round, despite the fact that the Swedish Mauser and the Canadian Ross were considered more accurate at the time, the Springfield makes it on here. Of course, it's American, so American means best, right? :eyes roll out of head:
@vogonford Despite the fact the Ross was a crap rifle, you might think it is accurate. Canada never should have armed their soldiers with them in WWI. Despite the fact there might be more of one rifle manufactured and used, doesn't mean it's the better rifle. The 1917 American Enfield was used in such large numbers because mulitple companies just got done with their English orders and could retool the machines for a 30.06 instead of setting up new for 1903 productions.
Lever actions are hard to manipulate from prone position, and usually have a pronounced angle of stock to line of bore which tends to increase muzzle rise during recoil. They can not be loaded quickly using stripper clips or unloaded quickly by opening a magazine floor plate. They also usually can not use spitzer (pointed) bullets, which puts them at a slight ballistic disadvantage. They are a tremendous amount of fun though.
@qwertyuiop1111111119 that does look funny .but what the D.I is showing is how the rifle can be used at close range to fire at a faster pace ...the 1903 is truly made to kill at pretty long distances
Uh, no. I'm not kidding. The factory facility sets it so that the windage is dead on the point of aim, so why the hell would anyone want to change that? Can you tell me why you or anybody else would want their service rifle shooting i.e. 4 inches to the left at 100 yards? Elevation needs constant adjustment in the field, yes, because range is always a variable that affects the trajectory to the target.
@yman5000 often that's the case, whats the big deal? You take something thats already made and make it better. This happens all the time in every aspect of life.. Look around you and see.
@omargosh11 i have a kar98k myself and i am glad to own it. have yet to shoot a 1903 yet but i hope too cause i've heard and seen many good things about it.
@Sturmmann Coming from the military production facility, the windage would not need any real adjustment. And the elevation adjustments are faster in their operation than that of the M'03.
windage is one thing that always needs changing, especially during field zeroes....
every person has his own zero that works for him, what the factory inspector thinks is right, isnt what the grunt has been taught or knows.
A good rifle needs fully adjustable sights, thats where the 1903 takes a huge lead over the 98 series. This was already proven by the USMC near Chateu Thierry.
well the main service rifle of the US military during World War one was the M1917 Enfield rifle, the springfield firearms company did not have the capasity to produce enough 1903 Springfields. So the military thought that it would be easier to let Winchester, Remington & Eddystone to just to take a look at the P14 rifle, that they produced for the British. and produce the same rifle for thier own army. The biggest difference is the bullet. P14 fires 303 British, P17 fires 30-06.
@paintballKid545 Yeah, I really hate when people think that by playing a video game deticated to war they automatically are gifted a vast god-given knowledge of weapondry. Asswipes...
When the American's came into PR, they ignored the stockpiles the Spanish left around. I found a mouser, fixed it, replaced the wood and it works. Still... the Springfield has my heart. The mouser just doesn't stand a chance.
@Umimugo I meant it can be higher. Especially when these same people say 10-15 rpm for the 98k, which is the same design. the Springer is just an Americanized Mauser 98.
Although it's #8 on the list, it's #1 in my book. I prefer the 1903A3 variant because of its sights. My O3A3's all shoot awesome groups with M2 Ball ammo, but when fed commercial hunting ammo... Wow! ... the groups really tighten up. All in all, these rifles rock! They are easy to maintain and operate, and they just 'ooze' tradition and history.
As a Marine, I have fire the m16a2 and a4 models, as well as owning a k98 and 1903a1 Springfield. I can tell you first hand that if I were to be going house to house, I'd rather have the M16. However if the fight were in the open, I would definitely take the Springfield. Don't get me wrong, I love my Mauser, but I just shoot better with my 1903. Great power with both of them. I know that I've heard somewhere that the 8x57IS and 30-06 have very similar ballistics.
No offense to all the guys that like the mauser, but the springfield is a better rifle. its more accurate and has a better round, thats about all thats better about it than the mauser
@mauser98karbiner Yeah but Germans started and helped bolt action rifles, but your right. Just amazing how they (Germans) made the first Assault rifle, SMG, popularize the bolt action mechanism, fighter jets, u-boats, but still lost WWII.
@MrVeruckt The US destroyed the Spanish Navy, not the army. We won a few battles on land, but the US Army had yet to meet the Spanish Army in a major battle. San Juan Hill & sundry were small skirmishes. TR may wish to think they were big battles, but a few hundred Spaniards does not the Spanish Army of Cuba make.
@Stritchers DUDE the spanish army was the weakest in Europe. It stay out of WW1 and WW2. The swiss army have the only excuse for they were too small to fight the bigger German army. Spain was bigger than Germany but it still was too weak until it join the NATO.
@MrVeruckt im sorry, i try to refrain from proving you wrong, but it will be too easy. no offense intended, but dude, the US is not as great as you guys would like to think. in this particular conflict the outnumbered and outgunned americans DID get thier asses handed to them. the Spanish were just too strong, too many troops and too good weaponry. their navy however was terrible and we ran circles around them. we never destroyed the spanish, they kicked our asses
One thing to remember about this top-ten list is that it is more about fame & popular opinion than strict measure of the listed factors. They picked ten famous rifles WELL KNOWN in the US & then proceeded to compare them. They didn't try to find the ten best out of all combat rifles ever.
you know what's funny, is that the americans didn't do anything whatsoever in the first world war, and the nickname silent death when you hear it you're already dead IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL GUNS RETARD and they said the range is 656 yards and in 1918 apparently the germans were at 800 yards fail
you know what's funny, is that the americans didn't do anything whatsoever in the first world war, and the nickname silent death when you hear it you're already dead IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL GUNS RETARD and they said the range is 656 yards and in 1918 apparently the germans were at 800 yards fail
you know what's funny, is that the americans didn't do anything whatsoever in the first world war, and the nickname silent death when you hear it you're already dead IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL GUNS RETARD and they said the range is 656 yards and in 1918 apparently the germans were at 800 yards fail
you know what's funny, is that the americans didn't do anything whatsoever in the first world war, and the nickname silent death when you hear it you're already dead IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL GUNS RETARD
Yeah, it would have been more correct for the commentator to say "You would have been dead before you heard it".
B-T-W, they are not kidding about the 1903's accuracy. My friend has a real early model 1903 that has only a 2 lands/2 grooves rifled barrel. But with open sights we can regulary hit a 2 feet wide steel gong placed 400 yards away.
Who is that guy who does that hip shooting of the 03 because if you look he is in almost every demo shoot for the U.S. when it comes to their guns he does ALL of them. HE does this which is obviously WW1 era and he is in Vietnam era videos also so What gives?? who is he?
the original design is based of the mauser but it really is it's own gun. it's chambered in .30-06 not like the mauser. and itt's range is more than the Mauser seeing as a.30-06 bullet has been capable of flying three miles not like mauser.
@Hoot117, the whole reason the US adopted the 30/06 was because of the 8mm mauser. The percieved advanrtage of a 30/06 over a 8mm mauser is not that significant as you make it out to be.
@esh325 im not saying the mauser wasnt a factor im saying it's not just a copy because it's a different caliber and slightly different in the way it works but yes it is a copy of the mauser but it still is it's own gun and .30-06 was around and used longer than that they were using it for hunting during the mid to late 1800s
@Hoot117 No, it is a mauser. US had to pay a lot of money because its mechanism was clearly just a modified mauser. Mausers can send their shots flying miles as well. Just aim at a high angle. You overestimate the difference between 7.92/57 and 7.62/63.
@Hoot117 i try not to use my mauser to keep it as new as possible but if the rule of law goes down i would use it to take out long ranges
o i used to have a fully automatic .22 submachinegun but an officer said i cant have that so he gave me his gun and i gave him mine now i have a custom bolt action .270 rifle from belgium
@Hoot117 Not quite, The 1903 Springfield was a close enough copy that Mauser sued and won a patent and copyright infringement suit against the U.S. government.
The resulting rifle, the model 1903 A3, incorporated enough improvements to satisfy patent requirements. The models 03-A1 and A2 did not. If you look at these rifles side by side, you can clearly see the changes from the original Mauser 98 design. Although the 03-A3 still bears a strong resemblance to the Mauser.
@NWA90s You must be thinking of the Mauser K98 carbine which came out in 1935. However the Springfield 1903 is base derectly off of the Mauser 98, which came into service in 1898 hence the name.
@Hoot117 Well you clearly know little about rifles. You said, "...a.30-06 bullet has been capable of flying three miles not like mauser." Here's some facts for ya. The longest shot to kill ever was shot just a few months ago by a British soldier at 2,480meters, thats just over a mile and a half. The shot was made with a .50 cal sniper rifle. So there is no way a 30-06 could get even close to a range of 3 miles, it would be lucky to hit anything at 1000meters.
@JimmyG228 yeah i know my sister is an idiot especially when it comes to rifles. she keeps getting on here even though i tell her not too. sorry about that
@Hoot117 Oh lol. That's kinda funny. She says something onlne and makes you look like the idiot and she gets away with it. I have 3 sisters and I could see either of them doing that to me.
seriously the pick a fucking copy it's just a damn copy
MrDip02 2 days ago
Yankee rip off!!!
Good rifle but still a rip off.
JimmyG228 1 week ago
@AfKman101 .30-06 bullet is faster than the sound. It also has a much greater range than the report of the rifle being fired lol
mabroussardii 4 weeks ago
Thats kind of wordy, that like saying he woke up dead
sotodnl 1 month ago
Coach Niki Take you shirt off or stop invading mah youtubes
303BoltAction 2 months ago in playlist Rifles
I like how America improved the design but the Mauser is still higher on the list.
canadianmafia67 4 months ago
in all these top 10's they place the america's latest version of what the top 10 is about in number 2 to avoid looking biased(though they do talk about it like its the #1). then they randomly trow in other guns and make up a story to make it fit its rank.
Trisscarro 4 months ago
10 rounds a minute?? umm no nope uhuh nope
ViolentEncounter 5 months ago
so if you hear the bang from the sound your already dead? soooo you wouldn't hear it
AfKman101 5 months ago 6
@AfKman101 no when you fall in the ground dead thats when you hear the shot...I think XD
MrSilver497 4 months ago
@MrSilver497 lol i donno
AfKman101 4 months ago
@AfKman101 oh well lets just go with it.
MrSilver497 4 months ago
@MrSilver497 yea :D
AfKman101 4 months ago
@AfKman101 Sound travels faster than the bullet XD :D
Xgendude14 3 months ago
@Xgendude14 no with a 30-06 or 8mm higher caliber rounds the bullet travels faster than sound
MrDip02 2 months ago
@MrDip02 Seriously?
Xgendude14 2 months ago
@Xgendude14 what?
MrDip02 2 months ago
@MrDip02 The 30-06 can go faster than sound? I didnt know that :D
Xgendude14 2 months ago
@Xgendude14 oh ahah yeah they can there are videos of i think .308 doing so like someone but a camera in a bullet proof box or something shot at it and you can see the dirt fly and like 1 second later you can hear the gunshot
MrDip02 2 months ago
@AfKman101 In short, if you heard it fire, you were as good as dead, because the bullet was NOT going to miss!
paladin313 2 months ago
@paladin313 Which is faster the sound or the bullet?
AfKman101 2 months ago
@AfKman101 hahaha nice one for the narrator... XD
Assaultwarfare 1 month ago
does the american soldier at around 1:32 kinda look like daniel craig?
maxrocks19 7 months ago
if they had adopted a Lee-Enfield pattern weapon in .30-06 it would have been the ultimate infantry weapon of the first world war!
maxrocks19 7 months ago
I want an 03 so bad. Maybe I'll get one as my second rifle (after a bolt-action .22, of course).
bjpw1234 7 months ago
2:18
Robin williams!
Nostro200 7 months ago
I would love to own one of these but sadly I wouldnt even know where to begin to look to find one of these (I'm not big into guns but I would like to be). this is history right here
musicfreak8580 8 months ago
i can't really see why a copier version is better than the original. The USER!!!! is the one who defined how fine a weapon can be...
saxokobe 9 months ago
im reading the comments below, and noticing that everyone is metioning most other weapons than the springfield. the springfield is and was then an exellent rifle. my great grandfather stood up at pearl harbor with a springfield and started shooting at the zekes in the air. the springfield is one of my fav combat weapons and is most definatley, one of the best ever.
Aerosmith4life123 9 months ago
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PyR0Star 9 months ago
my fav WW2 BOLT action rifles
1:Kar98k
2:Lee-enfield
3:Moisin-Hanagt?,Moin-noogat?-Moisty Nugget
4:Springfield
5:Type 99-or is it Type 100?-no the type 99 is also a car,but i saw a japnease weapon called Type 100-Oh God D:
jasincl 10 months ago
@jasincl everything in japan is marked as a type grenades guns tanks planes
paintballKid545 9 months ago
Wow!!! 10 Rounds Per Minute, can you imagine Terminator Traveling to that year with his Gatling Gun??? he easily wins da war!!!
rolinjet 10 months ago
@rolinjet
nah, he'l notices how pethatic they are, even his robotmind will surrender
remmeltFNFAL 9 months ago
@dertodrafal apples to oranges-G43 is a semi-auto...
txstang84 10 months ago
1:38 MR. potato head?
SonOfjackass94 10 months ago
dont get it. isint the only difference betwwn bolt action rifles are the bolt and caliber?
spockzomb 10 months ago
"If you hear it fire, you're already dead"
That contradicts with the expression "any shot you hear is not the one to be worried about"
TARINunit9 10 months ago
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In my opinion I think the 1903 Springfield is the most accurate bolt action rifle in World War 1 and 2
Sgtkillbot 11 months ago
In my opinion I think the 1903 Springfield is the most accurate bolt action rifle in World War 2
Sgtkillbot 11 months ago
@Sgtkillbot my opinion is the nagant 91/30
bulldogrj5020 7 months ago
redemption!!!!
OneMillonAce 11 months ago
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craigalan100 11 months ago
gotta love those bolt action rifles.
Guitar4God1 11 months ago
Mmmm, 30-06 and leaf sights!
45calibermedic 11 months ago
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Sgtkillbot 11 months ago
@Redcoat1780 but thats like saying a sword should be higher after all they were used for longer
TheAlexagius 1 year ago
how did this come higher than the STG44? this isn't ground breaking or advanced for its time like the stg was, we don't use this kind of weapon for most of our infantry we do use weapons like the stg
TheAlexagius 1 year ago
love it
LiVeskater1414 1 year ago
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GOin4jaPAN1 1 year ago
what i cant understand is why they even put the m14 in it, and why the smle is 3 and the mauser is 6. i mean, c'mon! the mauser is way more popular and more used. most bolt action rifles today use its system. weaponology -.-
1993heavenshallburn 1 year ago
@1993heavenshallburn they are very biiest on american weapons
bucketwarfite 1 year ago
@1993heavenshallburn popularity is part of it, but not everything
DJM442 1 year ago
@DJM442 well, the 1903 is basically a copy of the mauser. the only country that the springfield was popular or used was the us. teh mauser was used all over the world.
1993heavenshallburn 1 year ago
@1993heavenshallburn very true, that mauser action is VERY popular. my dad's newer .30-06 Marlin rifle has a mauser action.
DJM442 1 year ago
@DJM442 there you go, thanks :D
1993heavenshallburn 1 year ago
aaimp 1 year ago
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@maidenfan97 If you owned both of them you would pick the 1903. The Mosin Nagant is nice, but the 1903 is better. My only military surplus bolt action I like more is the Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1.
chicomac1999 1 year ago
@maidenfan97 If you owned both of them you would pick the 1903. The Mosin Nagant is nice, but the 1903 is better. My only military surplus bolt action I like more is the Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1.
chicomac1999 1 year ago
wheres the mosin nagant whats this im american i know the mosins better
gruntpwnsnubz 1 year ago
@gruntpwnsnubz
Nah, 03 is much better than the Mosin Nagant. I have both. Mosin Nagants are alright but nowhere as good as the 03 or Lee Enfield mk4...
AGeekWithAShotgun 1 year ago
Hilarious. Despite the fact that the most common rifle in Europe in WWI was the M1917 Enfield, despite the fact that the M1903 is a shameless copy of the Mauser, despite the fact that the .30-'06 is a shameless copy of the 7.92x57 round, despite the fact that the Swedish Mauser and the Canadian Ross were considered more accurate at the time, the Springfield makes it on here. Of course, it's American, so American means best, right? :eyes roll out of head:
vogonford 1 year ago
@vogonford Despite the fact the Ross was a crap rifle, you might think it is accurate. Canada never should have armed their soldiers with them in WWI. Despite the fact there might be more of one rifle manufactured and used, doesn't mean it's the better rifle. The 1917 American Enfield was used in such large numbers because mulitple companies just got done with their English orders and could retool the machines for a 30.06 instead of setting up new for 1903 productions.
chicomac1999 1 year ago
Lever actions are hard to manipulate from prone position, and usually have a pronounced angle of stock to line of bore which tends to increase muzzle rise during recoil. They can not be loaded quickly using stripper clips or unloaded quickly by opening a magazine floor plate. They also usually can not use spitzer (pointed) bullets, which puts them at a slight ballistic disadvantage. They are a tremendous amount of fun though.
semiautowizard 1 year ago
which gun is easier to handle:
a bolt action rifle or a lever action rifle?
Rod2Kill1 1 year ago
@Rod2Kill1 my opinoin lever action but thats what i perfer,but other people other chocies
KruleHillBilly 1 year ago
bolt action rifle is its better bigger brother :D
CONKER17 1 year ago
2:52 LOL
tonychet2s 1 year ago
@tonychet2s hahaha i shit myself at 2 52
qwertyuiop1111111119 1 year ago
@qwertyuiop1111111119 that does look funny .but what the D.I is showing is how the rifle can be used at close range to fire at a faster pace ...the 1903 is truly made to kill at pretty long distances
craigalan100 11 months ago
do you mind if whack off to this
EDog1o1 1 year ago
Uh, no. I'm not kidding. The factory facility sets it so that the windage is dead on the point of aim, so why the hell would anyone want to change that? Can you tell me why you or anybody else would want their service rifle shooting i.e. 4 inches to the left at 100 yards? Elevation needs constant adjustment in the field, yes, because range is always a variable that affects the trajectory to the target.
KingKoodles 1 year ago
Of course the "american mauser" has to be better than the original!
yman5000 1 year ago 20
@yman5000 often that's the case, whats the big deal? You take something thats already made and make it better. This happens all the time in every aspect of life.. Look around you and see.
cwood4ever 1 year ago
@yman5000 bs dude like it or not germans make the finest wepons in the world!!!!!!!!!!
elknoff 11 months ago
@yman5000 bs dude like it or not germans make the finest wepons in the world!!!!!!!!!! america does well to but many times we coppy jermany
elknoff 11 months ago
@yman5000
I own both a 1903 and a Kar98k the M1903 is a better rifle. .30-06 is a better round as well.
disturbedone5009 11 months ago 8
@disturbedone5009 can i rob you ? plz !
alcapone796 7 months ago
@alcapone796
You can try but I doubt you would make it out of my house in one piece.
disturbedone5009 7 months ago
@disturbedone5009 hmm shall we see ?
alcapone796 7 months ago
@disturbedone5009 were did you get them
Theoldstylelover43 6 months ago
@Theoldstylelover43
I got the Kar98k from a dealer at a gun show and I got the M1903 from an online gun forum.
disturbedone5009 6 months ago
@disturbedone5009 I agree but I like the sights on the Kar98 much more.
LOLwut499 6 months ago
@LOLwut499
The sights on a M1903 are a little tricky to use but the sights on the M1903a3 are pretty nice. They are aperture sights like on the M1 Garand.
disturbedone5009 6 months ago
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@disturbedone5009 mostly because the m1903 is basically just an upgraded kar98k
MrDip02 2 months ago
@yman5000
They probably just assumed that the rifle used by one of the victors was better than the one used by the loser.
"If they used this and won, it must be superior!"
Not the best reasoning, but it's not like this list is official or anything. It all comes down to preference.
Totallyfizzle 11 months ago
@yman5000 I have both and the 1903 Springfield is a better rifle.
Jrhoney 9 months ago
@yman5000 well maybe not. the sweede is pretty badass :D
ViolentEncounter 5 months ago
They should use also metric system in their programmes. It would be easier for most viewers. 2700 ft/s? 42 inches?
OjciecWalczy 1 year ago
@OjciecWalczy
Because the metric system swallows
onthejon55 1 year ago
@onthejon55 You mean these birds?
OjciecWalczy 1 year ago
The Americans have some brilliant film archives; but that fellow with sunglasses on the firing range at 1.35 sure cracks me up!
overopensights 1 year ago
i like the mauser 98k way better
omargosh11 1 year ago
@omargosh11 i have a kar98k myself and i am glad to own it. have yet to shoot a 1903 yet but i hope too cause i've heard and seen many good things about it.
BINOMAN007 1 year ago
@omargosh11
k98's sights suck beyond belief when compared to the 1903's
good luck adjusting your windage on the front sight post
youll need a hammer
Sturmmann 1 year ago
@Sturmmann Coming from the military production facility, the windage would not need any real adjustment. And the elevation adjustments are faster in their operation than that of the M'03.
KingKoodles 1 year ago
@KingKoodles
are you fucking kidding me dude?
windage is one thing that always needs changing, especially during field zeroes....
every person has his own zero that works for him, what the factory inspector thinks is right, isnt what the grunt has been taught or knows.
A good rifle needs fully adjustable sights, thats where the 1903 takes a huge lead over the 98 series. This was already proven by the USMC near Chateu Thierry.
Sturmmann 1 year ago
i think this is probably my favorite sniper rifle of ww2
justinjacques766 1 year ago
The Marines shot the P-17 rifle at Bellau Wood, it had more effective sights.
WW1 Springfields on their own are still in use at Camp Perry competitions.
you wont find a WW1 or WW2 Mauser in competitions, if you bring one, you'll get laughed at like the guy that thinks a mosin is accurate
Sturmmann 1 year ago
well the main service rifle of the US military during World War one was the M1917 Enfield rifle, the springfield firearms company did not have the capasity to produce enough 1903 Springfields. So the military thought that it would be easier to let Winchester, Remington & Eddystone to just to take a look at the P14 rifle, that they produced for the British. and produce the same rifle for thier own army. The biggest difference is the bullet. P14 fires 303 British, P17 fires 30-06.
FreestylaBoy 1 year ago
why do people watch videos they dont like? it clearly states what this video is about, yet people watch just to hit the dislike button. what the hell
Michael117american 1 year ago
whats the crag yorginson?
gorgeconowitz 1 year ago
@gorgeconowitz The Krag Jorgensen was an old rifle used in the Spanish-American war
jmig3 1 year ago
the spanish may have been armed with mausers, but they sure as hell didnt know how to use them........
agricola 1 year ago
5 rounds of rock n' roll.
santoroyerdeantorcha 1 year ago
okay for all you dumb Call Of Duty weapon ''experts'' dont post cause your not smart
paintballKid545 1 year ago 67
@paintballKid545 Yeah, I really hate when people think that by playing a video game deticated to war they automatically are gifted a vast god-given knowledge of weapondry. Asswipes...
FormerConvict 1 year ago
@paintballKid545 ..clearly the ray gun is the best
Rustyshacklefization 1 year ago
@paintballKid545 Amen
MCammack762 11 months ago
@paintballKid545 I know how you feel my friends think that they know everything about guns just because they play Call of Duty.
Reviver7117 9 months ago
simpsons anyone??
MrRookie26 1 year ago
can't wait to see all of the Call of Duty gun "Experts" start posting
nando88 1 year ago
When the American's came into PR, they ignored the stockpiles the Spanish left around. I found a mouser, fixed it, replaced the wood and it works. Still... the Springfield has my heart. The mouser just doesn't stand a chance.
grimofhell 1 year ago
overall the Mauser is better than the Krag, but i don't agree that U.S. was outclassed in the Spanish American War when we won the that war.
lovejen01 1 year ago
i like how ppl take stuff from wikipedia and act like they know a lot about guns.
GreatestGamer9000 1 year ago
I call B.S. on the 10 rounds per minute rate of fire.
RamblerTurbo 1 year ago
@RamblerTurbo just shoot,reload bolt, shoot reload bolt, until you run out, reload quickly and you get a little above 10 rounds
Umimugo 1 year ago
@Umimugo I meant it can be higher. Especially when these same people say 10-15 rpm for the 98k, which is the same design. the Springer is just an Americanized Mauser 98.
RamblerTurbo 1 year ago
US JROTC uniit drill with these rifles!
NatedogJr 1 year ago
where the fuck is the acr
joseph4043 1 year ago
@joseph4043 The GAYCR sucks ok.
qwertymanor 1 year ago
Although it's #8 on the list, it's #1 in my book. I prefer the 1903A3 variant because of its sights. My O3A3's all shoot awesome groups with M2 Ball ammo, but when fed commercial hunting ammo... Wow! ... the groups really tighten up. All in all, these rifles rock! They are easy to maintain and operate, and they just 'ooze' tradition and history.
1987HTR 1 year ago
As a Marine, I have fire the m16a2 and a4 models, as well as owning a k98 and 1903a1 Springfield. I can tell you first hand that if I were to be going house to house, I'd rather have the M16. However if the fight were in the open, I would definitely take the Springfield. Don't get me wrong, I love my Mauser, but I just shoot better with my 1903. Great power with both of them. I know that I've heard somewhere that the 8x57IS and 30-06 have very similar ballistics.
MrCumminstrokethis 1 year ago
i love da sprinfeild in red dead redemption
LilRommie 1 year ago
@LilRommie not the same model i tghink
Matty4618 1 year ago
The .30-06 and the 8mm Mauser are more or less equal in power.
US M2 ball with a 150 gr. bullet produces a muzzle velocity of 2805 fps (24 in barrel, M1 Garand)
German 8mm Mauser IS of 1905 with a 154 gr. bullet has a muzzle velocity of 2880 fps (29 in barrel Gewehr 98 ).
German 8mm Mauser IS of 1934 with a 197 gr. bullet (WWII era ball) has a muzzle velocity of 2493 fps (23.6 inch 98k)
All in all, not a whole lot of difference between the two cartridges.
John4566442 1 year ago
i love shooting this gun
broomstick74 1 year ago
"but also the germans werent so happy" LOL
ashma05 1 year ago
No offense to all the guys that like the mauser, but the springfield is a better rifle. its more accurate and has a better round, thats about all thats better about it than the mauser
mauser98karbiner 1 year ago
@mauser98karbiner Yeah but Germans started and helped bolt action rifles, but your right. Just amazing how they (Germans) made the first Assault rifle, SMG, popularize the bolt action mechanism, fighter jets, u-boats, but still lost WWII.
Fallout3Follower 1 year ago
they had a stealth bomber as well O.o
VenemousTurtle 1 year ago
So the mauser takes two places: 8th (nicknamed Springfield) and 6th.
miesko123 1 year ago
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From a web
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lauris47 1 year ago
Americans totally copied this gun. springfield? what a joke, thats a mauser
gowasurviver12345 1 year ago
we did not take a beating by the spanish. are you kidding. we destroyed the spanish in that war.
MrVeruckt 1 year ago
@MrVeruckt The US destroyed the Spanish Navy, not the army. We won a few battles on land, but the US Army had yet to meet the Spanish Army in a major battle. San Juan Hill & sundry were small skirmishes. TR may wish to think they were big battles, but a few hundred Spaniards does not the Spanish Army of Cuba make.
Stritchers 1 year ago
@Stritchers DUDE the spanish army was the weakest in Europe. It stay out of WW1 and WW2. The swiss army have the only excuse for they were too small to fight the bigger German army. Spain was bigger than Germany but it still was too weak until it join the NATO.
916ppl 1 year ago
@MrVeruckt im sorry, i try to refrain from proving you wrong, but it will be too easy. no offense intended, but dude, the US is not as great as you guys would like to think. in this particular conflict the outnumbered and outgunned americans DID get thier asses handed to them. the Spanish were just too strong, too many troops and too good weaponry. their navy however was terrible and we ran circles around them. we never destroyed the spanish, they kicked our asses
DuescherStoltz 1 year ago
One thing to remember about this top-ten list is that it is more about fame & popular opinion than strict measure of the listed factors. They picked ten famous rifles WELL KNOWN in the US & then proceeded to compare them. They didn't try to find the ten best out of all combat rifles ever.
Stritchers 1 year ago
@Stritchers I'd be interested to know if you have a top ten. Really, no sarcasm intended.
hippotoast 1 year ago
how about mosin nagant?
1993heavenshallburn 1 year ago
i used this video to help write my history essay. thankyou so much for posting this information.
imthbst 1 year ago
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you know what's funny, is that the americans didn't do anything whatsoever in the first world war, and the nickname silent death when you hear it you're already dead IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL GUNS RETARD and they said the range is 656 yards and in 1918 apparently the germans were at 800 yards fail
Eartola44 1 year ago
you know what's funny, is that the americans didn't do anything whatsoever in the first world war, and the nickname silent death when you hear it you're already dead IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL GUNS RETARD and they said the range is 656 yards and in 1918 apparently the germans were at 800 yards fail
Eartola44 1 year ago
you know what's funny, is that the americans didn't do anything whatsoever in the first world war, and the nickname silent death when you hear it you're already dead IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL GUNS RETARD and they said the range is 656 yards and in 1918 apparently the germans were at 800 yards fail
Eartola44 1 year ago
you know what's funny, is that the americans didn't do anything whatsoever in the first world war, and the nickname silent death when you hear it you're already dead IT'S LIKE THAT WITH ALL GUNS RETARD
Eartola44 1 year ago
All good rifles as well as many other things all stem from German ideas and production. The origins of all have much german in them.
ispeaktruth100 1 year ago
@ispeaktruth100 except for M16 which is all american and AK47 which is russian
brickfilmproduction1 1 year ago
@brickfilmproduction1 Put a picture of the Russian AK and the German STG-44 next to each other and compare appearances.
TheGame1842 1 year ago
@TheGame1842
not wise to compare on appearences alone =]
Robaaaayy 1 year ago
@Tungurknifur: "It cocks on closing instead of opening"; "Only difference is its cooks och closing"...
Uh, no it doesn't. The Enfield cocks on closing. The 1903 Springfield cocks on opening... just like the Mauser.
@Qnickel that guy is a young Chuck Norris. ;)
@hoot... you really think there is significant ballistic difference between the 8mm Mauser cartridge and the .30-06 M2 ball?
jeffshootsstuff 1 year ago
''If you hear it fire you are alrdy dead''
How can you be dead if you hear it fire? Is that rifle subsonic? Becuse if it is, it fucking sucks.
And yes, i know its a supersonic rifle, dont tell me.
Tungurknifur 1 year ago 2
@Tungurknifur
Yeah, it would have been more correct for the commentator to say "You would have been dead before you heard it".
B-T-W, they are not kidding about the 1903's accuracy. My friend has a real early model 1903 that has only a 2 lands/2 grooves rifled barrel. But with open sights we can regulary hit a 2 feet wide steel gong placed 400 yards away.
22250rmntn 1 year ago
This rifle is stupid accurate!
madeinamerica650 1 year ago
Who is that guy who does that hip shooting of the 03 because if you look he is in almost every demo shoot for the U.S. when it comes to their guns he does ALL of them. HE does this which is obviously WW1 era and he is in Vietnam era videos also so What gives?? who is he?
Qnickel27 1 year ago
That's how you copy pasted 100 years ago.
BonScottAC 1 year ago
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Innovation should be ZERO becuse its a fucking copy of the mauser.
Only difference is its cooks och closing.
Tungurknifur 1 year ago 20
the original design is based of the mauser but it really is it's own gun. it's chambered in .30-06 not like the mauser. and itt's range is more than the Mauser seeing as a.30-06 bullet has been capable of flying three miles not like mauser.
Hoot117 1 year ago 14
@Hoot117, the whole reason the US adopted the 30/06 was because of the 8mm mauser. The percieved advanrtage of a 30/06 over a 8mm mauser is not that significant as you make it out to be.
esh325 1 year ago
@esh325 im not saying the mauser wasnt a factor im saying it's not just a copy because it's a different caliber and slightly different in the way it works but yes it is a copy of the mauser but it still is it's own gun and .30-06 was around and used longer than that they were using it for hunting during the mid to late 1800s
Hoot117 1 year ago
@Hoot117. whoa, whoa, you got your dates screwed up. The 30/06 didn't exsist until 1906.
esh325 1 year ago 9
@esh325 yep they also chambered variants of the springfield in 3030
halopersin 1 year ago
@Hoot117 No, it is a mauser. US had to pay a lot of money because its mechanism was clearly just a modified mauser. Mausers can send their shots flying miles as well. Just aim at a high angle. You overestimate the difference between 7.92/57 and 7.62/63.
Stritchers 1 year ago
@Stritchers are you still on that? dude that was settled a long time ago.
Hoot117 1 year ago
@Hoot117 well i have a mause loaded with 8 mm and its the shit
nightshade288 1 year ago
@nightshade288 cool how well do you use it? do have any other cool pieces?
Hoot117 1 year ago
@Hoot117 i try not to use my mauser to keep it as new as possible but if the rule of law goes down i would use it to take out long ranges
o i used to have a fully automatic .22 submachinegun but an officer said i cant have that so he gave me his gun and i gave him mine now i have a custom bolt action .270 rifle from belgium
those are all my "exotic" guns
nightshade288 1 year ago
@Hoot117 Not quite, The 1903 Springfield was a close enough copy that Mauser sued and won a patent and copyright infringement suit against the U.S. government.
The resulting rifle, the model 1903 A3, incorporated enough improvements to satisfy patent requirements. The models 03-A1 and A2 did not. If you look at these rifles side by side, you can clearly see the changes from the original Mauser 98 design. Although the 03-A3 still bears a strong resemblance to the Mauser.
Nicodemus98 1 year ago
@Hoot117 sure, but the mauser did better in the war
NWA90s 1 year ago
@Hoot117 lolz, the springfield entered service in 1903. its name tells everything, the k98 mauser came later
NWA90s 1 year ago
@NWA90s You must be thinking of the Mauser K98 carbine which came out in 1935. However the Springfield 1903 is base derectly off of the Mauser 98, which came into service in 1898 hence the name.
JimmyG228 1 year ago
@Hoot117 Well you clearly know little about rifles. You said, "...a.30-06 bullet has been capable of flying three miles not like mauser." Here's some facts for ya. The longest shot to kill ever was shot just a few months ago by a British soldier at 2,480meters, thats just over a mile and a half. The shot was made with a .50 cal sniper rifle. So there is no way a 30-06 could get even close to a range of 3 miles, it would be lucky to hit anything at 1000meters.
JimmyG228 1 year ago
@JimmyG228 yeah i know my sister is an idiot especially when it comes to rifles. she keeps getting on here even though i tell her not too. sorry about that
Hoot117 1 year ago
@Hoot117 Oh lol. That's kinda funny. She says something onlne and makes you look like the idiot and she gets away with it. I have 3 sisters and I could see either of them doing that to me.
JimmyG228 1 year ago
@JimmyG228 yeah sisters can be a pian huh?
Hoot117 1 year ago
@Hoot117 only all of the time lol
JimmyG228 1 year ago
@Hoot117
The ballistic differences between a .30-06 and the 8mm mauser cartridge are very small.
onthejon55 1 year ago
@onthejon55 Ooook?
Hoot117 1 year ago