Just monkeying around with my new Ipad camera... four 1903's

[Fred]

Trying to adjust the size and contrast of my images for posting...
Here are four of my 1903's in the light of a partially covered window.


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[Jeff L]

Purdy!

[wayne]

Shameful, just shameful, that rod bayonet model should be on top. Great looking rifles!

[Fred]

Thanks Wayne, Thanks Purdy.
The indoor ceiling lights in the library weren't on and so I had trouble getting the color of the stocks to come out. Too much light coming through the window and the image washes out. The outdoor lighting is good, but I didn't have a place to lay the rifles down out there. I'll take some more photo's outside on a towel tomorrow to see what happens.

[PeteDavis]

Awesome in all exposures.

PD

[Fred]

Glad that you like them Pete!

[Craig from kazoo]

Very nice, I've returned to this thread a couple of times just to look at your second rifle with the rod bayonet. One of the coolest rifles I've seen.

Makes you wonder of the impetus for the rod design was a philips screwdriver. Not much for a diagonal slash but I'd still rather not be poked by one lol.

Thanks,

Craig

[Fred]

Craig, I've often thought about how the tip looks like a Phillips head too. Ouch! Of course the three grooved tip is the same as that on a Model 1888 Rod Bayonet Trapdoor Springfield. I guess that Phillips drivers didn't come out till much later though. Still, the Three grooved tip sure looks like the end of a three grooved driver tool doesn't it!?
That just Couldn't feel good for a person to be stuck deep or even shallow with that. In essence, it'd be just like being stabbed with a big ol No. 3 screwdriver!
Glad that you like the early Springfield! I'd post some More pictures of it from all sides but I fear that most folks are getting tired of looking at it after all of the other photo's that I've posted of it. It sure is neat to handle and study up close though. I never get tired of that! LOL.

[jerrbear]

What a nice collection!

[Fred]

Thanks Jerrbear! Too bad that nobody in the family, distant or near, is interested in inheriting them someday. Guess that I'll just have them buried with my ashes in a waterproof vault...! Them what desires the rifles the mostest can just bring a shovel and take them. Just leave me a trinket or a nick nack or something in trade. LOL

[Fred]

Here is a 1920 National Match rifle that appears to have been put away after it was purchased in 1920. The rifle must've sat within a rifle cabinet with doors that kept it free of dust and moisture and handling for almost 100 years. That darned blue towel under the rifles is reflecting an awful amount of light and washing out the color of the stocks. I should use a maroon towel or a dark green towel.


While looking at the two top photo's, I just noticed that I'd used a wooden spare parts container to assist in propping up the Match rifle. Not a good idea I guess. I'd found the container within the stock of one of the rifles a ways back.


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[Fred]

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[Fred]

Still more...
I'm convinced that photographs taken outdoors will show the best Color of the wood. It's that reflective glare that's tough to eliminate. It washes out the detail a bit. Maybe on a cloudy day the photo's would be better. I'm waiting for the clouds to roll in but no rain or overcast is expected so it'll be a while until I can see what this little camera can do.


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[Fred]

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[Fred]

I told the husband of a niece of mine who's a former Marine as well as a Cop in Kansas City that if we don't get any grand kids who are interested in them, then he ought to just come over and get them some day down the road when we're too old to get around anymore. Haven't heard back from him either and so I don't think he cares about them. Sigh... so, into the grave with me they'll go I recon or they'll probably just go to an 03 nut like me who's kids won't pawn them later.

[dryheat]

Those outside closeups are great. Same Ipad?

[Fred]

Actually, I took those of the National Match rifle with my eye phone. The challenge was to hold the eye phone completely steady. I think that I braced myself against something. The iPad is easier to use because the screen is larger and allows me to see what's going on. It's sensitive to movement too though. I'll keep practicing. Isn't it amazing what inventions we have to use today? My Grampa, who's photo I'm using as an avatar, was an accomplished photographer from 1906 on and he'd be amazed and awed by todays cameras. I have every one of his cameras that he bought over the years from way before WWI up to the mid 1980's. I don't know what they are or what their value is as antiques. Gramps was a Sailor Boy in World War One aboard the Navy Destroyer - U.S.S. Wadsworth. He prided himself on being an accomplished rifleman with the 1903 Springfield which he qualified Expert with in 1918.


The 1st photo shows him squatting down while peeling a Tater. He's the one on the far right.


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The entry in his Diary dated June 17th, 1918 is the same date that the following photo of his ship was taken by somebody on an escort ship that'd come out to meet them.


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[Roadkingtrax]

Does the iPhone share the same Macro feature of tapping the screen...and it will focus on the intended spot?

Nice grouping...I like sharp finger grooves.

[Fred]

One of his favorite movies and actors who reminds me of Grampa.


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[Fred]

Does the iPhone share the same Macro feature of tapping the screen...and it will focus on the intended spot?

Nice grouping...I like sharp finger grooves.


I think that it does. I'm not familiar with using it though. Didn't know what it was for.
Yes, I like sharp finger grooves too. Every one of my rifles has avoided having the stocks sanded scraped or cleaned. All finish is original and the components of each rifle is original to them in that none of them have ever undergone updating or parts changing. Tough to find. Very tough. Except for the Rod bayonet 03 which was assembled from all original Rod Bayonet parts including the un-used and original stock and the original 30-03 chambered barreled action which at one time long ago, like 100 years or so, might've been available but just cannot be found floating around anymore. Not very easily anyway, which is certainly a challenge for anyone trying to put one together. I had some assistance from John Beard with getting the last of the needed and original parts for it. "Thanks again John!" The rifle even has the early oiler in it which is filled with original Sperm Oil and the cleaning brush and pull through are the early Rod Bayonet type.
Each of these rifles by the way were Birthday presents from my loving wife to me over the years we've been married. She's a sweetie!

[Dick Hosmer]

VERY, VERY nice, Fred!!

Since outside photography is not an option for me, due to privacy concerns, I've taken a little different tack with my photography, using lots of clamp lights, a big mirror, a 48" x 96" whiteboard backer, and monofilament so as to eliminate the unavoidable shadows which occur on a towel or sheet. Plus, it is nice to be able to shoot around the clock, whenever it suits me. One good thing about the new compact fluorescents is that a row of them will not create hot spots on a bright barrel. I also developed a handy - and extremely simple - fixture for holding the barrel, leaving the rear two-thirds of any rifle completely free to be shot from any angle. Another trick, with digital cameras/computers, involves shooting up-side down - since it is so easy to fix at the keyboard.

[Fred]

Wow! There is just a whole lot that I don't know about Photography! I sure do appreciate getting some of your knowledge Dick! Thanks!!!
Yea, I'm awfully fortunate to be able to haul my toys outside even in my boxer shorts if I want to photograph the stuff. Just nobody around for a long, long ways in any direction. Anyway, the light outside is OK I guess for what my ipad can do. I DO like your instructions on setting up an indoor photo area Dick!


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[jerrbear]

Great photos Fred. Its a shame there is no family members interested in them. There is so much history there besides the history you created in finding them. Would be great to be passed down.

[Fred]

I agree. It IS a shame. It's inconceivable to me that anyone could Not be interested 1903's. Kinda like not liking pizza, cool water on a hot day, chocolate, puppies and kittens, and all of the other great stuff in life.
I like Dick's lead on using good lighting inside with a stand of some sort for the rifle to be photographed. A real camera wouldn't hurt either. I've never owned one but ought to get one.
There really isn't much history involved with finding any of the rifles though. With the exception of the Rod Bayonet rifle, I just came upon them one at a time on Gun Broker. The trick was in the luck I had that nobody else recognized how original they were. At least nobody else did who wanted them. Otherwise they would've kept putting in bids on them too. I got them each for way under what they're worth. That doesn't happen very often these days. As for the Rod Bayonet rifle, the auction that it was in had hundreds of other old and interesting and rare guns in it, so by the time that the rifle came up on the block, the 994th one I believe, a lot of guys had spent their money or were still waiting for something else further down the line to come up for auction. I was amazed that we got it for what we did. I wasn't even sure if it had the original 30-03 chambering in it. I was lucky about that too. So far I've never been disappointed in anything that we've bought. I have missed out on some though that I hadn't noticed until it was too late. But, that's all part of the challenge isn't it.

[rayg]

"I was amazed that we got it for what we did".

I thought you said your wife bought it for you, what's this "WE" now!

[Fred]

Well, I Did bring it to her attention, so I guess I was in on the purchase. :icon_wink: