![]() The 1903A4 Sniper Rifle Project The Model 1903A3 designation was left on the Model 1903A4 receiver. So, this left the question of what the Americans would field. The British and Canadians had resurrected World War I-vintage Enfields and Pattern 1914 sniper rifles and were using them to good effect in the mountains, plains and deserts of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. On the Eastern Front, Nazi and Soviet troops had deployed thousands of sniper rifles to great effect. When the United States military entered World War II in 1941, there was not a single sniper rifle in military inventory.Īll the sniper rifles developed for use during World War I had long since been disposed of.Īllied forces invaded Guadalcanal, the Aleutian Islands and North Africa, the demand for sniper rifles rose loud enough to be heard in the deepest recesses of the War Department. North Cape Publications, Inc., PO Box 1027 Tustin CA 92781. ![]() If you would like to explore the Model 1903A4 and other U.S. Editors Note: This piece was written by Joe Poyer, author of the book Collecting the American Sniper Rifle 1900 to 1945. The carbine is complete with one blued GI 15 round magazine, a current reproduction clamp on muzzle break, a web sling and canvas stock pouch.Blannelberry Jeff Cramblit Will Dabbs Clay Martin Ian Kenney Steve Gaspar Paul Helinski Doug Larson Chris Mace Jordan Michaels Mark Miller Justin Opinion True Pearce Levi Sim Max Slowik Austin Van Gilder GunsAmerica SHOT Show 2020 Subscribe Now Current Events Industry News.Īn Army sniper and his observer clearing an area on Luzon, in the Philippines in 1945. It is fitted with the standard low wood M2 stock that has a small RIA on the left side with a boxed "RIA/EB" cartouche on the right side with the small "IO" markings inside the sling slot, indicating it was rebuilt at Rock Island Arsenal. It has the flip safety and the M2 magazine release is marked with a letter "M". It has the standard late war parts like the type two barrel/bayonet, flat bolt, with a mix of various manufacturers parts. The mounting bar has the correct cast in part number and the scope is marked on the nomenclature plate, "TELESCOPE/M84/SERIAL NUMBER 41400". The carbine was later converted to a sniper type configuration by removing the original rear sight and adding an M3 carbine mounting bar along with a M84 sniper scope. CORP with a small "P" proof part way down the top of the barrel. CORP" markings above the serial number and the barrel is marked I.B.M. The rear of the receiver has the standard "I.B.M. ![]() This is a late WWII M1 carbine as produced by the I.B.M. ![]()
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