None of the 03A3's are antigues
03A3
No, the M1 Garand bayonet will not fit the 03A3 Springfield rifle. The M1 Garand and 03A3 Springfield have different bayonet lug designs and dimensions, so their bayonets are not interchangeable.
That is a Springfield rifle I believe.
http://www.surplusrifle.com/03a3/operations.asp
Remington Firearms Company during WW2
line up the target on the top of the front sight while sighting the front sight through the rear peep sight.
Surplusrifle.com has a detailed, step by step process. Look for the links on the left side of the page under the Maintenance heading. http://www.surplusrifle.com/03a3/index.asp
100-1000 USD depending on condition, accessoires.
If truely unfired and not an arsenal rebuild, it would probably sell for $1500.00, however if the serial number fell into the range of rifles that were designated as sniper weapons, value would exceed $7500.00
It depends somewhat on your definition of "new", but basic infantry weaponry in World War II for the United States Army used only two weapons from Wordl War I in the regular footsoldiers equipment: The M1911A1 Colt automatic pistol, and the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). The 1903, and 03A3 Springfields of World War I were also used, but as sniper weapons, not as main infantry shoulder rifles. The basic shoulder rifle was the M1 Garand (1936), the secondary support shoulder weapon was the M1 Carbine, the submachine guns were the Thompson submachinegun, which missed, literally by days, being used in World War 1, and the M3 "grease gun" submachine gun. The bazooka was also a new weapon in WW II.
"Assault " rifle is a very generic term relating to an evolution in military doctrine , that is to say , changing from a slower marksmanship based advance on an objective , to a more rapid , high volume of fire overwhelming of an objective. The precursor weapons of this change would have been the WW2 StG44 , chambered for the 7.92x33 Kurz cartridge , and perhaps the .30 M1 Carbine. Although the .30 Carbine cartridge is more a magnum pistol cartridge , it was packaged as a lighter than then current issue rifle , with a detachable magazine , that held either 15 , or 28 cartridges. Historically , armies are slow to change from what worked in the past , be it pikes to Brown Bess , .30-40 Krag to 1903 Springfield , 03A3 Springfield to M1 Garand , and so forth. To the point; the next evolutionary step would likely be the SKS carbine , in 7.62x39 Russian , a post WW2 design based on the 7.92x33 Kurz cartridge. In each case , the designs were changing from the full size battle rifle cartridges , to a reduced power/sized intermediate cartridge , with the capability for rapid reloading and a higher individual volume of fire. Thus, we see the SKS begin to replace the Moisin-Nagant rifles , and the M14 eventually replacing the M1 Garand , the M1 Carbine being removed from service due to being underpowered for active combat. Further evoultion brings us to the Kalishnikov rifles , and the M16 series. Again , intermediate size cartridges , as compared to the squad level machineguns of the time , selectively changable from semi auto to full automatic fire , high individual rates of fire , and rapid reloading from large capacity detachable magazines. Moving a group of men armed in such a manner , delivering a high volume of aimed fire , was , and remains , the doctrine for taking an objective. Assault is the term for capturing the objective by overwhelming force. Assault rifle is a generic term for a selectively semi- auto/ full automatic rifle , the tool used to perform that task. "Semi-Automatic Assault Rifle" is a term deliberately coined by the Brady gun control group to confuse and mislead the general public ,attempting to cause a hysterical demand from a vocal minority, to remove from lawful ownership a civilian copy of the military style rifle of the current era. Civilian copies of military pattern that were NOT capable of fully automatic fire. Oddly enough , these rifles were once refered to in sales literature , as "Police " or " Law Enforcement " models , to distinguish them from their military / militia counterparts. This is an excedingly condensed opinion of the post WW2 era of weapon devlopement , and glosses over a great deal of the political & doctrinal concerns of the time period. As well , there is a LOT of historical data left out , concerning other weapons that developed tangentally or parallel to the " assault " rifle doctrine. All of which is important to know , to put everthing in it`s proper perspective. Long story short , however , is that "assault " is a behavior- NOT a weapon.