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Cartridge comparison (not all tested). Left to right: 6.5X50 Japanese Military, 6.5X55 Swedish, 7.65X53 Belgian (Argentine), 7.7X56R (.303 British), 7.5X55 Schmidt-Rubin (Swiss), 7.62X51 NATO (308 Winchester), 7.62X54R Russian, 7.92X57 (8mm Mauser), .30-06 Springfield (7.62X63).

Front sight comparison, left to right: M96 Carl Gustav Swedish Mauser, M31 Schmidt-Rubin, M39 Finnish Moisin-Nagant, No.4 Mk 2 Short Magazine Lee Enfield, 1903 A3 Springfield.

Only the SMLE and the Schmidt-Rubin had removable magazines. The 03 A3 and the 48A Mauser had one-piece trigger guards and floor plates; the rest had removable floor plates which again, at least theoretically, enabled unloading the ammunition in the magazine without running it through the loading/ejection port.

All the countries represented issued both carbine length and “long” rifles except the U.S. and Britain, who got along with the nominal two-foot barrel length, as did Switzerland after 1931 and Sweden after 1938. The Arisaka and the Mausers (except for the Swedes) had “barleycorn” inverted V-front sights. The rest had square top posts, the width of which was remarkably close to the width of a man’s shoulders as seen through the sights at 300 yards. Only the 1903 A3 and the SMLE had peep rear sights; the rest, except for one Kokura arsenal Arisaka, had open notch rear sights.