1903 Springfield Rifle

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  • Опубліковано 5 вер 2012
  • Shooting, showing, & comparing the classic 1903 Springfield rifle. Since buying this gun and doing the video, I discovered that if I raise the ladder sight, I can actually get a bit of a peep sight that is better than the open sight.
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  • @ericchristian6710
    @ericchristian6710 6 років тому +1533

    My grandad was a ww1 marine and he brought his home. My mother's brother sold it in the 80s to buy budweiser and pot. It still makes me sick.

    • @ericchristian6710
      @ericchristian6710 6 років тому +48

      Tycho van Steeg you're a damned liar. Lol

    • @ericchristian6710
      @ericchristian6710 6 років тому +99

      Tycho van Steeg I've got an awesome picture of him in his marine uniform showing his battle face in ww1. He came home and he and his wife made my maternal grandmother.

    • @wayneparker9331
      @wayneparker9331 6 років тому +94

      You clearly don't know any history. The USMC was founded November 10, 1775 and fought in several major battles in WWI on the Western Front, e.g. Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Meuse-Argonne offensive, etc. Learn some history before you get on the internet and start spouting off blatant inaccuracies and embarrassing yourself.

    • @DirtyDan1
      @DirtyDan1 6 років тому +39

      Tycho van Steeg marines have been around since 1775

    • @UmVtCg
      @UmVtCg 5 років тому +40

      Budweiser and pot are some highly sought after consumables. Surely your uncle had his reasons for trading in an instrument of death for some good ol' hippy recreational narcotics. It were the 80's dude.

  • @kesleycottrell1416
    @kesleycottrell1416 5 років тому +212

    I have my grandpa's 03 that l treasure. I take it out for deer at least once a year. Two years ago l shot a 9 point, it still working great.

    • @elliotchinneryhinks8554
      @elliotchinneryhinks8554 Рік тому +1

      Your grandpa's a hero bro as a Brit, I can say is Brits who have a passion for history and firearms have a soft spot for this gun.

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +187

    I love shooting mine and recently stocked up on ammo. Great fun.

  • @marcosjimenez7509
    @marcosjimenez7509 3 роки тому +113

    It’s crazy how soldiers equipped with this 5 round, bolt action rifle were expected to go against fully automatic machine guns head on.

    • @Linkedblade
      @Linkedblade 2 роки тому +8

      wwi sounds like a nightmare

    • @wafflez2437
      @wafflez2437 2 роки тому +7

      I dont think they were expected to run straight at a mg, I mean it's trench warfare (mostly)

    • @justinholmes1737
      @justinholmes1737 Рік тому +13

      @@wafflez2437 actually they WERE thats what intensified trench systems in the first place

    • @Saltyketchup688
      @Saltyketchup688 Рік тому

      Its not the gun, its the person behind it

    • @justinholmes1737
      @justinholmes1737 Рік тому +2

      @@Saltyketchup688 well its both actually a good warrior is one with good skill and good weapon....yes he can make do with a less efficient weapon but he can work to his full potential if he got a better weapon!

  • @larrychin5238
    @larrychin5238 9 років тому +163

    that beginning was extremely satisfying to watch

    • @stephenrego6065
      @stephenrego6065 5 років тому +5

      Its even better in slow motion at the end. feels like the beginning of a movie or something.

  • @pbrucpaul
    @pbrucpaul 5 років тому +15

    I've got one, 83 years old and used during WW2. It's a bit heavy, kicks like a mule, and is damn accurate without a scope. Before things got exotic after Vietnam , this was the sniper rifle we used from WW1 all the way to Vietnam in those early years in the '60's. With that pop up sight, and a good trained sniper, This was dead on accurate at 100 yards. The actor Barry Pepper's character in "Saving Private Ryan" used one.

    • @barefoofDr
      @barefoofDr 5 днів тому

      With the pep sight on the lower ladder sight and line up the distance with the cross lines these rifles are a dream.

  • @floridasoldat
    @floridasoldat 2 роки тому +29

    First time I ever had the opportunity to go deer hunting my buddy and his father carried their Remington 700 variants and gave me an old Springfield 1903 with iron sights they’d had for years. The night before going out I walked myself through disassembling, cleaning, and re-assembling the rifle from a book my friend’s dad gave me and made sure the action was silky smooth. Shot my first deer with the very first shot I took that next morning up in the mountains. Missed the heart (was my first time firing the rifle, recoil was significantly more than I’d anticipated, and the deer was about 90 yards away) but nailed the deer’s spine at the base of its neck and luckily that did the job. Deer jumped straight up into the air like a rocket, hit the ground on its side like a stone, convulsed for a few seconds and then was still. Hell of an accurate rifle and an incredibly powerful round.

  • @AColonDashSix
    @AColonDashSix 4 роки тому +130

    Hickok45: “More knowledge; maybe more than you wanted”
    Audience: PREACH YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD!!!!

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +46

    Ballistol seems to work fine. It's all I've used on the SKS, Mosin, & AK for years now after shooting corrosive ammo.

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +38

    Thanks. This is a nice rifle, but I still struggle with the sights. I'd forgotten how small and almost invisible to me they are. I got it out this past weekend, not for a video, but just to plink some with. I looked down the sights and was reminded of how badly I need to change them out or something. I hate to mess with the original rear sight, but it is SO hard for me to pick up. After shooting the Swedish Mauser, this problem with the 1903 is even more obvious and frustrating to me.

    • @GeorgiaBoy1961
      @GeorgiaBoy1961 Рік тому

      Your post was a long time ago, Hickok, but I'll try anyway. Some people love the sights on the M1903 - which are called M1905 sights, by the way, if memory serves - but some struggle with them. Lyman makes an excellent aperture-style micrometer sight that many service rifle competitors use. Consider giving it a try if you want to stick with irons but need something different. Or get a M1903A3 with the ramp-style rear sight, which is graduated only to 100-800 yards, but has an aperture. You could always mount one of those reproduction Unertl 8x scopes on there, vintage-style. Hi-Lux out in California, makes them, as well as a couple of varieties of 2.5x power scopes which were also used in WWII and Korea.

  • @jimbo5494
    @jimbo5494 10 років тому +390

    First time I shot a 1903, I had the buttstock on my collar bone, never did that again

    • @jonapplegate6695
      @jonapplegate6695 10 років тому +39

      I have shot one for decades and yes, the first time I shot one, I had it against my collarbone! I guess you could say that is a defect of the Springfield. But you only do it once.....

    • @henningbrown5687
      @henningbrown5687 7 років тому +14

      James Gunning because you are paralyzed now I assume?

    • @curbyourenthusiasm9874
      @curbyourenthusiasm9874 7 років тому +3

      Dave Mustardstain well it is possble to not be paralyzed

    • @LightTackleEthusiast
      @LightTackleEthusiast 6 років тому +2

      James Gunning I have a Springfield Mark 1 i feel special😁

    • @vicdoesgaming7570
      @vicdoesgaming7570 5 років тому +4

      idk how much you shoot it even with it in your shoulder for 50 rounds it will start hurting your shoulder (although im firing 150 52grain handloads hot loads)

  • @Player_Review
    @Player_Review 8 років тому +19

    When my grandfather got back from WW2, he ordered a Springfield and an Enfield and they both came in huge blocks of cosmoline. I find that pretty hilarious thinking of him cleaning all of that up.

    • @sam8404
      @sam8404 5 років тому +5

      Anyone who has cleaned cosmoline knows how little fun it is

    • @patrickbelshe5508
      @patrickbelshe5508 5 років тому +6

      sam8404 I completely resonate with your comment. Cleaning something caked in cosmoline requires just about a full dissembling. Years ago, I bought a Yugo Mauser 24/47 chambered in 8x57 with all matching part/serial numbers, but it was covered in cosmoline. While it's fun to acquire and have a piece of history, cleaning it and ridding it of the cosmoline is a job in and of itself.

    • @GeorgiaBoy1961
      @GeorgiaBoy1961 5 років тому +4

      It probably brought back memories of his time in the service. Recruits often had to clean Cosmoline-packed rifles and other small arms as a part of their training. SOP was to use boiling water, but it was faster to use an organic solvent such as gasoline or kerosene. Don't let the drill instructor catch you doing it that way, though - you'd be in big trouble.

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +146

    I get a lot of recommendations for brain surgery, for some reason, but I've not thought much about eye surgery. :-)

  • @Casey757
    @Casey757 4 роки тому +17

    I just bought one. It’s beautiful! The history behind it. What a legend.

    • @tyruswheeler3756
      @tyruswheeler3756 2 роки тому +3

      did you find it online or in a local shop?

    • @sandraholloway4526
      @sandraholloway4526 2 роки тому +4

      @@tyruswheeler3756 I just picked up a beut on gun broker for 550 including tax and shipping. cant wait for me new toy

  • @ihateurmom
    @ihateurmom 4 роки тому +11

    This gun is an absolute DREAM to shoot! I ran through 80 rounds right away because I got so caught up in it! I also own a Mosin Nagant and a K98 and I get bored after about 20 rounds. Granted, at the end of the day, I had two large bruises on my shoulder and chest, but that's what awesome does to the human body.

  • @Subjugator1866
    @Subjugator1866 9 років тому +72

    26:30 best part

  • @wyrtwister4260
    @wyrtwister4260 8 років тому +60

    Those sights were intended for 18 year old eyes . :-)
    God bless
    Wyr

  • @Audibope
    @Audibope 8 років тому +180

    I'm a ramen noodle and I knew about the m1903 before BF1 was announced

  • @keitheichenlaub896
    @keitheichenlaub896 7 років тому +8

    Especially loved this 1903 Springfield vid because you pulled the trigger after the bayonet made partial penetration into the mellon, an action shown in old war movies over the years....Those are movies...you did it real time......When I cant be with a buddy on the range..I bring up your vids...and I don't even have weapons to clean after your done. You vids are fun and they teach, many thanks Hick

  • @jjcastleberry3662
    @jjcastleberry3662 7 років тому +5

    Had a great uncle who fought in WWI using M1903. I was impressed that they had to qual shooting moving targets i.e. vehicles, bi-planes and running Krauts! War Dept.'s FM23-10 is what Army/Marines used teaching recruits before they shipped off to France.

  • @The20thCenturyLimitedRickyB
    @The20thCenturyLimitedRickyB 8 років тому +14

    HOLY That plate sold for $1,108.54!?!?! Thats insane!!!

  • @rkrzbk
    @rkrzbk 11 років тому +10

    Most beautiful bolt gun ever made. This will always be my favorite gun. It is enchanting. Love it. I just wish they were the same price as other comparable surplus bolt guns. $99 for a 91/30, $200 for a Mauser, $600 for a Springfield, at least.

    • @love2chiefs
      @love2chiefs 2 роки тому +1

      Its 2022 and I wish i could even get one for $800 or any of those guns for reasonable price

    • @zoso279
      @zoso279 Рік тому

      @@love2chiefs I recently got into gun buying and it's a doozy looking for guns and seeing these prices people talked about 10 to even just 3 years ago. Have 2 1903 Springfields in my towns gun shop but are going for $1600 while a nearby store has an Ottoman 1903 Mauser for $400.

  • @canuckguns
    @canuckguns Рік тому +2

    Now imagine fighting off waves of enemy's over a period of a few weeks with this rifle. No fancy gloves or hearing protection either. Just some warm brews and cheap wine to help you get through it! RIP to the WW1 & 2 VETS legends.

  • @davidschmidt6013
    @davidschmidt6013 2 роки тому +4

    I usually catch your channel to catch various pistols being fired. I like your presentation style, casual but obviously well-informed and impartial. Very well done. I have, in storage at a friend's home in my home state of PA, (I've been living in Thailand for the past 20 years) an original 1903 Springfield, made at the Springfield plant, serial number in the 880k range, meaning it was made AFTER the introduction of the double-heat-treating process. I hope I live long enough to make another trip home so I can sell it, as I have no son to leave it to. It was carried through the German campaign by my stepfather, who retired as a CSM. He brought home 3, and gave this one to me for my 16th birthday (I'm 64). I totally stripped it once, and gave it a 'surgical' level cleaning, and re-linseeded the stock. Action is tighter than a bank-vault, (carried a lot, shot a little) and yet slick as wet ice. It even still has the cylindrical cleaning kit in the stock. If I can make it home, I hope I can find someone to give me an honest appraisal of it's value.
    Great vid, thanks for sharing!

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +3

    It went to charity, The Wound Warriors Project. That was before we knew about their aversion to associating with firearms businesses and such. Still, it did some good.

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  10 років тому +5

    I just recently purchased that book but have not read it yet. Thanks for the reminder to dig it out.

  • @NorsemanUSA
    @NorsemanUSA 8 років тому

    Easily one of best,most informative firearm videos on UA-cam.
    What an absolute beauty. I am also wanting one made by Springfield so I will just check local shops and gun shows until the right one comes along.
    Just an excellent video. Thanks a million.

  • @rimshot360
    @rimshot360 6 років тому +1

    What a wonderful presentation of the 03 sir. You are absolutely correct about this weapon being used in the south Pacific. My grandfather carried a bar and slung an o3 in the south Pacific. Saipan, Bougainville and Guam where he was wounded. He got to bring his 03 springfield home. He showed me all about the gun. I got to touch his weapon from ww2. Yes it it a beauty. Watching you fire this weapon bought back so many memories. Thank you sir so much.

  • @dabbingdoges772
    @dabbingdoges772 4 роки тому +4

    I am twelve years old and my grandfather was born in 1897. He served in ww1 and ww2. He braught both of his guns home. The 1903 and the m1 garand . He lived until he was 107 and I shot these guns like three years after he died. They both shoot really well and it was not until I was eleven that I new he served in bellow wood and in the second wave of D day. I am very proud of my grandfather. My dad was also in the marines and he retired in 2000 and then he joined the police force in 2001 right after 9/11. He is now almost a police chief.

  • @Makinbadchoices
    @Makinbadchoices 9 років тому +6

    The 03 Springfield was the weapon we drilled with in military academy. I was armory sgt and color guard. The two rifles for our squad I hand rubbed the stocks with tongue oil. They were beautiful and the finest looking in the entire battalion inventory. Almost 40 years later I can still see my weapon #285 when I close me eyes.

  • @patrickpatterson4292
    @patrickpatterson4292 8 років тому +70

    My great grandfather just gave me his service 1903 from WWII. I can't remember what the serial number is but I know that all of the stamps are legit and the serial number saw service in at least one, if not both, world wars. I'm going to clean it, even though there isn't a speck of rust on it. I really want to shoot it but I need to make sure that it's safe to fire first.

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +5

    Yes, they are generally okay to use again.

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +4

    I've always just stayed with Ballistol for cleaning after using corrosive ammo in my SKS, AK, Mosin, etc. Anything else could neutralize the protective curing I've developed by using nothing else but it.

  • @chefdan87
    @chefdan87 10 років тому +28

    He seems like a man version of Dr. Phil. The wealth of knowledge is amazing, love his videos

  • @smcgloth
    @smcgloth 11 років тому +1

    Hickok is an encyclopedia. I love listing to him give the history of the weapons he's shooting. Very informative.

  • @jrpark6658
    @jrpark6658 6 років тому +7

    M1903 Springfield one of my favorite rifle of the U.S. arm weapon, never shot one.
    But it's a beautiful rifle

  • @RELOADINGandSHOOTING
    @RELOADINGandSHOOTING 10 років тому +3

    Awesome rifle! thanks for a very thorough review. I have my M1 Garand and shooting that rifle is very humbling. Coming home from the range with my shoulder turned purple is a bitter sweet experience that I love to do over and over again LoL

  • @Shane-Singleton
    @Shane-Singleton 10 років тому +31

    The 1903 is a painful pleasure to shoot. I'd like to get an A3 a a compliment to my Krag.

    • @Daylon91
      @Daylon91 7 років тому +1

      A craig? The shortest serving military rifle that was outclassed in the Spanish civil war.

    • @shivermetimbers3218
      @shivermetimbers3218 6 років тому +6

      daylon boender No it's a Krag. As in Krag-Jorgensen. It wasn't a terrible rifle, it just came about as too little too late. The turn on the 20th century was the single greatest era of firearms invention and the Krag just couldn't keep up.

  • @xfliegerkorps8676
    @xfliegerkorps8676 6 років тому

    Getting me fired up to take mine out. Hickok, your passion for life lived one cartridge at a time is contagious!

  • @graemecowan6675
    @graemecowan6675 8 років тому

    Have one at a million and a half serial number from Springfield armoury , this thing is stamped and immaculate . I know they are collectable over here and have been offered £2,500.00 but until I really need the money this baby stays with me . Like yourself Mr Hickok I can't shoot it well due to the sights which I believe go up to 2,825 yards or thereabouts but it's a rifle you pick up and it feels amazing and that's without the history to go with it . Great review sir , love your series . Subscribed

  • @plastuk9415
    @plastuk9415 10 років тому +7

    The M1903 is my favorite rifle from WWII. I personally like it even more than the Garand. I liked the Lee-Enfield and Mosin Nagant, plus the Mauser Kar98k, but I have always been the most partial to the Springfield. The Springfields are really pricey nowadays, so I would probably buy a dirt cheap Mosin instead.

    • @GeorgiaBoy1961
      @GeorgiaBoy1961 5 років тому +1

      Save up for a 1903 instead. They're tougher to find than Mosin-Nagants and the Russians and their allies built so many that they'll be around for some time to come.

  • @inknlead9980
    @inknlead9980 7 років тому +14

    I bought one of these this summer from a "Fudd". He works with my sister and my sister gave me the heads up he had a rifle for sale because it was a military rifle and he doesn't like it or want it because it was "made for killing people". So long story short, $150 later it was mine and was in mint shape, It was definitely refurbished as the stock didn't have a single ding. Receiver was in mint shape, had a S.A. barrel from October 1917. Rifle itself was a Rock Island Arsenal with a "safe" serial number dating around 1920-1921. I ended up selling it a month later for $800 which helped fund a new 1911 purchase.

    • @hickok45
      @hickok45  7 років тому +25

      Always nice to benefit from somebody else's idiocy. :-)

    • @inknlead9980
      @inknlead9980 7 років тому +4

      Sure is. I ended up using the cash to purchase a Dan Wesson CBOB. I figured it is as close to an Ed Brown as I can get without going into debt and having a hit out on me by the wife. Thank you so much for your response and all that you do for fellow firearm enthusiasts and the 2nd Amendment. And congrats on being a Grandpa!

    • @forrest225
      @forrest225 7 років тому +7

      Nice, I don't think I could have sold it.

    • @Kai-ow9gi
      @Kai-ow9gi 7 років тому +2

      Eric D Shh I'm hunting wabbits

  • @jmfa57
    @jmfa57 7 років тому

    WOW. Today, I bought one of these, and the serial number is just a few hundred away from yours, and it was re-barreled in September 1942 by Springfield. Since I live in California, I need to wait ten days to pick it up. I've had a 1903-A3 since 1976, which I bought when I was in high school, but I've always wanted a 1903, because that's what my dad carried in WWII. Thanks for posting this!

  • @kell5232able
    @kell5232able 10 років тому

    Hickok, you put up some of the best videos! I gotta say, I'm pretty jealous of all these good looking guns you shoot! once again, awesome videos! keep it up!

  • @matthewl2453
    @matthewl2453 10 років тому +6

    Bayonet for deer hunting, hah! You crack me up Hickok.
    And man the action on that Krag looks smooth as butter!

  • @yeoldegunporn
    @yeoldegunporn 10 років тому +59

    Finally a stripper clip Hickok can load.

  • @Skeeterguy24
    @Skeeterguy24 11 років тому +2

    Awesome video and they just keep getting better. Really like the history and evolution of the firearm. Saw your Garand video and got me motivated to order one of last correct grades from CMP after waiting 20 years!!

  • @eatmelily
    @eatmelily 10 років тому +1

    Thank you Sir, for this Awesome video....the 03 has always been one of my favorite all time Rifles. Such a Beautiful Masterpiece... I've been searching for many years for just the right one for me.. I learned more then i ever have about this weapon watching this video....Thank you again....and a Great ending, and Thank God for those Brave and Courageous Men and Women in the past that did so much for us.... Amen.......

  • @wattsnottaken1
    @wattsnottaken1 2 роки тому +6

    I’m currently watching the mini series The Pacific and I see a lot of US Marines using this early in the war while fighting the Japanese on Guadalcanal. Interesting

    • @adamcuneo7189
      @adamcuneo7189 2 роки тому +1

      @Spark That J, The Pacific is such a fantastic miniseries, yeah the Marines were very skilled with these rifles, apparently they were so skilled and fast with them, that they would pull back the bolt during the recoil and have the next round chambered, the Garand was obviously faster, but it was a pretty small difference in rate of fire because of the Marines' long time experience and expertise with them , even when they were completely different actions.

    • @CrossOfBayonne
      @CrossOfBayonne Рік тому

      1st Marine Division and on Guadalcanal they were somewhat poorly equipped, They were eating off rations from WW1 made in 1918 that was surplus

  • @lechiengrand
    @lechiengrand 11 років тому +20

    "I've got my bayonet for deer hunting..."
    I'd love to see that video!!

  • @robcastle182
    @robcastle182 10 років тому +1

    Thanks for sharing this incredible piece of History. I really enjoyed it!

  • @ChromeHaw
    @ChromeHaw 8 років тому

    I can always rely on you for information on guns that spark my interest. Even when my interest seems to be random, sure enough, you've got a video on it!

  • @World_Premier
    @World_Premier 8 років тому +3

    I got to shoot this a few days ago. Really felt like I was looking down the iron sights of history. Was gonna shoot the M1 Garand, but something about that springfield just spoke to me.

    • @sereysothe.a
      @sereysothe.a 8 років тому

      yea dude the '03 saw both world wars its crazy. should've shot the garand as well because its the semi-auto that carried the american infantry in ww2

  • @dickfurman4207
    @dickfurman4207 8 років тому +4

    I have an03 just like the one he is shooting except mine was made by Rock Island Armory in 1918 and re-barreled in 1944 and shoots great even with the 30/06 amo made in 1944

  • @KennethElstonBAK
    @KennethElstonBAK 11 років тому +2

    Mr Hickok45, you sir just have too much fun and I am jealous!!! Thanks for all the videos, information, education, and entertainment!! Keep up the good work sir :-)

  • @Thehubb1
    @Thehubb1 11 років тому +1

    Great freakin vid. I like the history behind the weapons and the simple explanation of the bolt mechanism by showing us its progression with different weapons. Subbed!

  • @pbrucpaul
    @pbrucpaul 4 роки тому +4

    Check out the movie "Saving Private Ryan" with the actor who was praying for an accurate shoot. That was a Springfield 30:06.

    • @adamcuneo7189
      @adamcuneo7189 2 роки тому

      That was Private Daniel Jackson played by actor Barry Pepper.

  • @Lonewlf7676
    @Lonewlf7676 9 років тому +7

    If you are going to shoot the 50's headstamp ammo please be sure and clean the rifle after, as Korean War 30/06 issue ammo is known to be corrosive. Most old shooters I have known would not even touch buying an M-1 with "Blue Sky" and the eagle stamped on the gas cylinder just for this reason.

  • @MarineAqua45
    @MarineAqua45 11 років тому

    Another classic piece of history that I am hoping to buy soon.Thanks for these very informative videos Hickok45,on these fine weapons.That rifle is beautiful.

  • @LonnbergDavid
    @LonnbergDavid 11 років тому

    The things You do for us people! Thanks! And the history lessons is the best! Thanks Hickok45.

  • @dukio-03
    @dukio-03 7 років тому +7

    That is my dream gun, and it always will be

  • @tyronebratsburg2675
    @tyronebratsburg2675 10 років тому +4

    I'm in love with this gun

  • @Pastasamuri
    @Pastasamuri 11 років тому

    Ive been waiting for an 03 springfield video. Great work, keep it up and we'll keep enjoying it.

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +2

    Just wherever I can find it at a reasonable price; gunshows, shops, online, etc.

  • @stiking12
    @stiking12 10 років тому +21

    LMAO the ending was priceless id clean the gun for free if i live in that area

  • @jtrocker9976
    @jtrocker9976 10 років тому +11

    Hey Hickok, try using the leaf's sight peep, that should improve your accuracy a little bit

  • @KZero38
    @KZero38 11 років тому

    I really enjoyed this video! Congrats on finding such a nice '03 for your collection. It's a beauty!
    Keep up the good work!

  • @peepster53
    @peepster53 11 років тому

    Thanks Hickok45! I really enjoy all of your videos.

  • @leeharveyoswald7172
    @leeharveyoswald7172 8 років тому +7

    You make it look so easy HickHock45, if i tried, I'd probably miss a two liter from 15 yards, lol

  • @FrostfoxFilms
    @FrostfoxFilms 11 років тому +5

    26:25 was the best thing I have seen this month! lol

  • @hickok45
    @hickok45  11 років тому +1

    Thanks. See FAQ videos on that.

  • @AmyLeeAngelLove
    @AmyLeeAngelLove 11 років тому

    Beautiful rifle Hickok, I am a sucker for older weapons such as this beautiful piece of machinery. I love your videos keep up the good work, you always educate me and put a smile on my face at the same time, so I never lose interest.

  • @jhowjhow2013
    @jhowjhow2013 6 років тому +4

    Great! It is history! 🇧🇷

  • @ronaldmonroe5051
    @ronaldmonroe5051 5 років тому +9

    Everybody wants a mosin. But I want an 03.

    • @ididthisforthecomments.5893
      @ididthisforthecomments.5893 5 років тому +1

      Everyone wants an 03 but they’re $700

    • @ericshinault3628
      @ericshinault3628 5 років тому

      Have both. One from pawpaw. 03 and the other I bought at a Roses department store back in the eighties. The mosin seems to have more range... maybe. Mosin is a little longer barreled.

    • @Folma7
      @Folma7 5 років тому +1

      Get both! But not just any Mosin....get an M39. It’s a Finnish captured Mosin. It was upgraded and is a really great shooter.

  • @sebringny77
    @sebringny77 11 років тому

    Thank you for the details, it's always welcome and is what sets your videos apart!

  • @GusHampton
    @GusHampton 11 років тому +1

    And, my wish for an awesome slo-mo at the end was totally granted. I love it.

  • @Nomad-pk2xz
    @Nomad-pk2xz 3 роки тому +6

    It’s funny how you can’t tell if his video is three weeks or eight years old.

  • @admiralrodney3818
    @admiralrodney3818 4 роки тому +6

    Mama Springfield

  • @GeorgiaBoy1961
    @GeorgiaBoy1961 4 роки тому

    Hickok45, thanks so much for profiling an original M1903 Springfield. I have seen your M1903A3 video, but there's just something about the older ones that is really special. The M1905 sight, the rear ladder-style sights on those rifles, is a brilliant design with many useful features, if one is willing to take the time to learn them. First, when the rear-sight is folded down, there is a battle-sight zero notch available, which is designed for snap shooting. It generally zeros to about 545 yards, give or take - or about 12-inches high at 100 yards. In those days just after the invention of smokeless powder and flat-shooting high-velocity spitzer bullets (i.e., flat-shooting in comparison to black powder guns and their heavy low-velocity slugs), it was though that typical infantry combat wold take place at extended ranges, hundreds of yards, which is why the BSZ is set as it is. The ladder sight offers several different means of taking a sight picture, depending on intended use. You will notice that the sights curve slightly as the yardage increases - this is a built-in compensation for spin drift due to the right-handed twist of the barrel rifling.
    Perfected in 1905, these rear sights were known henceforth as "Model 1905 sights." Originally, they worked well with M1905 150-grain FMJ spitzer-flat base bullet with MV of 2765 fps (or 2700 fps 78 feet downrange, which was how they measured muzzle velocity in those days). Later, the M1905 was adapted to M1 Ball 174-grain FMJ-BT at ~ 2700 fps (2648 78 feet downrange), and finally M2 Ball adopted in 1938, with a 152-grain spitzer flat-base at 2805 fps. The M1905 sights worked great for the Marines in WWI at Belleau Wood and Château-Thierry when Marine riflemen armed with iron-sighted M1903 rifles picked off advancing German infantry from ranges of up to 800 yards.

  • @TheMischief9
    @TheMischief9 2 роки тому +1

    In the early 60s , I joined the USN , got stationed at Great Lakes , we were issued 1903 Springfield rifles ( firing pins removed ) in marching drills , 16 count manual , they had big white numbers printed on the stock , to tell which recruit got what rifle , and break one or lose it cost , if I remember was over a hundred dollars (recruits only made around 30 Dollars a month in those days .... we had to lug those things around where ever we went .

  • @johnn278
    @johnn278 6 років тому +3

    Beautiful rifle, my favourite from the USA, i prefer these older versions with the nice curved trigger guard as opposed to the more "garand" type versions made during WW2

  • @johnbouley4514
    @johnbouley4514 9 років тому +4

    I want one.....

  • @uhitsethan
    @uhitsethan 2 роки тому +1

    ive always wondered what the range smells like.
    I hope one day this site becomes immortalized and a tourist attraction in hickok's honor, or at least something to pass down and preserve '45's epic legacy.

  • @gravepatch
    @gravepatch 2 роки тому

    the only history channel i need, well this and count dankula’s madlads

  • @ImReadyD151
    @ImReadyD151 9 років тому +4

    when I star gun collecting, I would like to get a Kar98k first, and then following that not in any particular order, springfield, enfield, and nagant

    • @JF-xm6tu
      @JF-xm6tu 9 років тому

      arisaka type 38? they are excellent japanese rifles

    • @JF-xm6tu
      @JF-xm6tu 9 років тому

      Hunter Jordan i just want a arisaka XD

    • @ImReadyD151
      @ImReadyD151 9 років тому

      Jack Finnigan Hunter Jordan yea I should have added the arisaka to the list, great rifle

    • @ImReadyD151
      @ImReadyD151 9 років тому

      Hunter Jordan Idk I was never a huge fan of the Garand, I think its a bit ugly

    • @ImReadyD151
      @ImReadyD151 9 років тому

      Hunter Jordan The one extremely expensive one I want is a Luger

  • @chinchy111
    @chinchy111 11 років тому +10

    "Oh no i hit one of my pigs!" LOL

  • @DisheveledSuccess
    @DisheveledSuccess 5 років тому

    Thanks for including the Krag and Mauser rifles! Really neat stuff

  • @i_smack_rats757
    @i_smack_rats757 5 років тому

    We have 4 decommissioned 1903's in our armory in jrotc. The safety is welded safe and the barrel is filled wi4h lead. But you can still pull the bolt back and man it feels so good. So smooth and clean. I want one so damn vad.

  • @minzy102
    @minzy102 9 років тому +94

    Hicock45, can you be my dad? :D

    • @litorres4125
      @litorres4125 8 років тому +19

      +Indy Dibona
      If so can I be the doge

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 8 років тому

      +Other Doge If so, can I be the Cheat?

    • @Biggchad
      @Biggchad 7 років тому

      Dj Tapatio If so, can I be the cat?

    • @juannieves8642
      @juannieves8642 7 років тому

      So, can I be the fish?

    • @dereknicolaszhang
      @dereknicolaszhang 7 років тому

      If so, can I be the great-grandchild?

  • @rivaraptor4277
    @rivaraptor4277 7 років тому +8

    How do you have the infantry variant?

    • @shockwave6213
      @shockwave6213 5 років тому

      We have the infantry variant now. Select the Experimental variant, and tap the fire select button. Its an animation to pull out the Pederson Device.

  • @NavYblu99
    @NavYblu99 11 років тому

    That fantastic feeling when youre thinking about buying a certain gun and hickock posts a video about it. Excellent

  • @terryskorczewski4727
    @terryskorczewski4727 2 роки тому

    That's the first time that anyone has explained what 30-06 designates or what does it stand for thank you very much Hickok

  • @justsomeguys1121
    @justsomeguys1121 6 років тому +89

    And its still somehow the worst gun to get in the mystery box.

  • @cwby1978
    @cwby1978 9 років тому +7

    Classic WWI rifle we stole copy rights Mauser k98s bolt action and clip

    • @BrianPatronie
      @BrianPatronie 9 років тому +8

      We paid royalties until WW1.

    • @mikec8086
      @mikec8086 9 років тому

      Brian Patronie still was stolen until the lawsuit

    • @mikec8086
      @mikec8086 9 років тому +3

      also the k98 (karabiner 98) wasn't made at that time, the designation was Gewehr 98 (rifle 98). I know just minor things but it is better to be correct

    • @General_Eisenhower1945
      @General_Eisenhower1945 6 років тому +2

      mg42 cwby krauts were more pissed that we mopped the floor with slamfire shotgun

  • @stewman65
    @stewman65 7 років тому

    I was looking at these on "J&G Sales" today... I love the older Military weapons, from all countries.... I'm applying for a C&R so I can have them shipped directly to my home... Anyway, whenever I want to see a good review on a firearm that I'd like to buy, and get some background, I just search your channel and most times you've done a video on it.... Thanks for all the informative and entertaining videos...

  • @DaylyDriverDayly
    @DaylyDriverDayly 7 років тому

    I've found myself really liking your videos and have been watching them for a while now and realized why haven't I subscribed? haha. Anyways you've earned a subscriber and I continue to watch your videos. I love this gun, one of my favorite ever developed to date. Gotta love the old military surplus guns.

  • @79adventures
    @79adventures 8 років тому +58

    Battlefield 1 WOOHOO!

    • @georgesclemenceau199
      @georgesclemenceau199 7 років тому +21

      IIx L0NEW0LF xII stfu

    • @rockchalk3449
      @rockchalk3449 7 років тому +4

      Kpoole25 how did it ruin it lol

    • @rockchalk3449
      @rockchalk3449 7 років тому +10

      Kpoole25 so "battlefield WOOHOO" ruined the "historical ambiance" ? Take a L

    • @thatchannel195
      @thatchannel195 6 років тому +5

      Kpoole25 fyi there are gamers who shoot..

    • @hookoffthejab1
      @hookoffthejab1 6 років тому +4

      Wow surprise surprise gamers get nostalgia when seeing the real thing nothing to get butthurt over. And not all gamers are neckbeard virgins some shoot and enjoy real guns

  • @southpaw443
    @southpaw443 10 років тому

    My 1903 is exactly like that. Around the same serial number too. Beautiful shooting rifle.

  • @BaaSicStuff
    @BaaSicStuff 10 років тому

    I like the ON/OFF on the left of the bolt; place in ON and the bolt wont slide forward allowing a more effective clip reload

  • @k.e.mayfield8303
    @k.e.mayfield8303 5 років тому

    LOVE my Remington 03-A1. Same sights but more stamped parts as it was a WWII production gun prior to the introduction of the 03-A3. This rifle will consistently shoot 2" groups at 200yds even with my "mature" eyes. One of my favorites.