While I do love the Garand, from the standpoint of US service arms, consider the single reason why the 03 Springfield was adopted was because the Krag's were outperformed in every aspect by the Mauser 98 in battlefield conditions. Then let's look at the 03 Springfield, funny it's a modified mauser.

Edited by - thndrchiken on 09/18/2002 12:58:31