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Springfield rifle: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Armed Forces History Museum - WWI and WWII Springfield 1903 Rifle.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 28, 2017
	Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Springfield Rifle.	Darshana Das	Feb 08, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998