US WW2 Springfield Sniping Rifles

Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch! The primary sniper rifle used by the United States in World War II was the M1903A4 Springfield, a version of the exisiting 1903A3 with the iron sights removed and replaced with a Weaver 330C scope (adopted by the military as the M73B1). This was a low-power optic, but was centrally mounted on the rifle to avoid and of the windage issues caused by prismatic scopes. The 1903A4 was the US’ first truly mass-produced sniper rifle