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The Winchester Model 54 and Remington M1903A3 have a lot in common and many differences.
They look quite different with one being a full-stock military battle rifle, the other being a sporting gun. Both are in God's Own .30-06.
Both have controlled round feeding.
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Model 54:
M1903A3:
Both have 5+1 capacities and can be loaded from stripper clips.
Model 54:
M1903A3:
Both guns are clearly influenced by Mauser. The M1903 to the point of having to pay for patent infringement to the losers of a war.
The bolts are different. The ejector locations are not the same and there's no safety lug on the Winchester. The safeties work the same, but the Winchester has a shorter throw thanks to an aftermarket upgrade to clear a third-party scope that's no longer present.
Interesting, I always thought that the M1903 was a licensed copy of the Mauser 98's... One of the C&R's I never picked up in the old days, kicking myself these days of course, but...
ReplyDeleteDid Winchester make a full stocked "musket" version of the bolt actions like the 1895?
ReplyDeleteNot so far as I know. Maybe some special editions with Mannlicher style stocks come close, but I don't know if they even made any.
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