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I should add that the '03 is still in use today, although that use is ceremonial, rather than operational. It's standard issue for 3d Inf Regt (the Old Guard) that performs all the ceremonial duties in D.C., and they're still popular with other units for drill and ceremonies, e.g., the Ross Volunteers at Texas A&M. The '03 was tried as a sniper weapon in 'Nam, but not very popular; although superbly accurate at greater than 300 m, volunteers for using them were scarce - nobody wanted to get into a fight armed with a bolt-action rifle. If a rifle didn't have a "fire-hose" option, we weren't interested. But there are still '03s in use today in "sporterized" form as deer rifles - highly prized, in fact.