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  • #1
    hotround
    Junior Member
    • Aug 2014
    • 11

    Springfield 1903

    I am looking at some 1903's, and am about to buy one. Question: Will the 1903 handle steel cased ammo for general shooting at the range?

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    • #2
      Calif Hunter
      Veteran Member
      • Aug 2003
      • 3294
      You should be fine as long as it is not an early one that had action hardening issues. Get a fairly high numbered one, or all 03-A3s are okay.

      Here is a good article on the subject -

      First Hand: Are
      https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/03/26/first-hand-are-low-number-03s-unsafe-to-shoot/
      There is a lot of internet chatter about whether or not it is safe to shoot a 'low number' Springfield M1903 bolt-action rifle. Concerns about the guns began at the peak of their production when their reliability truly was a matter of life or death for the soldiers fielding these arms.
      Last edited by Calif Hunter; 06-14-2020, 11:04 AM.

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        • #3
          DueceMcGurk
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2016
          • 884
          Around here steel cased ammo is not allowed at the range.

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            • #4
              jdmacl
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2009
              • 770
              Most ranges could care less about steel cased ammo...
              Steel cored is frowned upon however.

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                • #5
                  Humboldt Leatherneck
                  Member
                  • Mar 2018
                  • 437
                  Both my 1903A3 and 1903 sporterized will eat and fire just fine the Wolf brand steel cased .30-06 springfield ammunition.
                  sigpicMember of the N.R.A., Marine Corps League, and American Legion.

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                    • #6
                      bergmen
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2011
                      • 2488
                      Originally posted by DueceMcGurk
                      Around here steel cased ammo is not allowed at the range.
                      Why would a range not allow steel cased ammo? Never heard of that before.

                      Dan

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                        • #7
                          jeremyro
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2013
                          • 1294
                          Yes, runs steel fine

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