Editing M1903 Springfield (section)

===Today===
[[File:USMC-120801-M-VG714-002.jpg|thumb|M1903 Springfield with 8x Unertl scope used during a vintage sniper rifle match in 2012.]]

Due to its balance, the M1903 is still popular with various military drill teams and color guards, most notably the [[United States Army Drill Team|U.S. Army Drill Team]].{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} M1903 rifles (along with the M1 Garand, M1917 Enfield and M14 rifles) are also common at [[high school]] [[Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps]] (JROTC) units to teach weapons handling and military drill procedures to the cadets. JROTC units use M1903s for regular and inter-school competition drills, including elaborate exhibition spinning routines. Exhibition teams often use fiberglass stocks in place of wooden stocks, which are heavier and more prone to breaking when dropped. JROTC Color Guards still favor wooden stocks over fiberglass because of their weight characteristics and appearance. The M1903 is the standard parade rifle of the [[Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets]], which has over six hundred M1903s, very few of which are still fireable. [[The Summerall Guards]] of [[The Citadel]] also use the M1903 Springfield for their silent drill performances.

[[U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps]] color guard rifles bear many similarities to the Springfield.{{Clarify|reason=Are these just M1903s, or are they a separate rifle?|date=May 2021}}

In 1977, the U.S. Army located a rather large cache of unissued M1903A3 rifles which were demilitarized and then issued to JROTC units as a replacement for their previously issued [[M1 Garand]] and [[M14 rifle|M14]] rifles, which were then returned to Army custody due to concerns about potential break-ins at high school JROTC armories.

For safety reasons, the JROTC M1903s are demilitarized to make them permanently unable to fire by plugging the barrel by inserting a very cold steel rod  which became too tight to remove after [[Thermal expansion|expanding when warmed]] to room temperature, or having it filled with lead, soldering the bolt and welding the magazine cutoff switch in the "on" position.