![]() ![]() The War Department had two options for the procurement of additional rifles. However, it was soon apparent that production at these facilities would be inadequate to equip the rapidly growing number of recruits and draftees flooding into training camps across the country. Production of the M1903 was immediately increased at both Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal. There were about 600,000 M1903 Springfield rifles (along with some 160,000 obsolescent U.S.30-40 Krag rifles) in inventory at the start of the nation’s active involvement in the war. ![]() Among its myriad of challenges, our military faced a serious shortage of service rifles. When the United States entered World War I, in April 1917, our armed forces were woefully unprepared for the conflict.
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