Not true.
CMP will indeed sell low-number Springfields.
They'll also issue a very stern warning not to fire them. You suppose CMP is just fear-mongering?
They're for sale right now:
http://www.thecmp.org/m1903.htmHaving read Julian Hatcher's experiments in shattering a low-number Springfield, I'd love to invite any and all to go ahead and fire M1 or M2 ball in same, but only from a safe distance, string tied to trigger, rifle tied to tire with a tarp or heavy blanket covering the receiver.
My dad has a very low-number 1903. He shoots it, with my light cast-bullet loads only.
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Produce the article, and link it here. We'll see if it stacks up to what previous articles written by professionals in the military ordnance chain wrote. (Hatcher's Notebook being one...)
I hear you on the High Power leather slings. I used M1907 slings tightened so that my hands nearly turned purple, on both my M1s and M14NM. Another fond Camp Perry memory, the tingling fingers of starved blood supply...