30-06 cartridge and the volley fire sights on the left side of the weapon were deleted. ĭesign changes were few the magazine, bolt face, chamber and rifling dimensions were altered to suit the. Eddystone made 1,181,908 rifles - more than the production of Remington (545,541 rifles) and Winchester (465,980 rifles) combined.
In addition to Remington's production at Ilion, New York and Eddystone, Pennsylvania, Winchester produced the rifle at their New Haven, Connecticut plant, a combined total more than twice the 1903's production, and was the unofficial service rifle. Army Ordnance Department, which was formally adopted as the U.S. 30-06, under the close supervision of the U.S. rifle, the M1903 Springfield, it was realized that it would be much quicker to adapt the British design for the U.S.30-06 cartridge, for which it was well-suited. The Springfield Armory had delivered approximately 843,000 1903 rifles, but due to the difficulties in production, rather than re-tool the Pattern 14 factories to produce the standard U.S. entered the war, it had a similar need for rifles. Thus, three variations of the P14 and M1917 exist, labeled "Winchester," "Remington" and "Eddystone". A third manufacturer, Eddystone Arsenal - a subsidiary of Remington - was tooled up at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. In the case of the P14 rifle, Winchester and Remington were selected. The new rifle was termed the "Pattern 14". They decided to ask these companies to produce the new rifle design in the old. However, the onset of World War I came too quickly for the UK to put it into production before the new cartridge could be perfected.Īs it entered World War I, the UK had an urgent need for rifles, and contracts for the new rifle were placed with arms companies in the United States. Ease of manufacture was also an important criterion. This development included a front locking, dual lug bolt action with Mauser type claw extractor as well as a new, powerful rimless. This development of a new rifle and cartridge began by copying many of the features of the Mauser system. Hand in hand with development of an improved cartridge for the SMLE, a committee was formed to develop another rifle just in case. 303 rimmed cartridge, originally a black powder cartridge, was ill-suited for feeding in magazine or belt-fed weapons and the SMLE was less accurate than its competition at longer ranges. 3) developed and manufactured during the period 1917-1918.īefore World War I developed, the British had as their main rifle, the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE). 303 caliber P14 rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 30, Model of 1917" was an American modification and production of the British.
The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield" (frequently misidentified or mislabeled as the "P17", "P1917", or "Pattern 1917"), formally named "United States Rifle, cal. M1917 rifle at Kalamazoo, Michigan Air Zoo Museum 30 M1 Ball cartridge Ħ-round magazine, 5-round clip fed reloading World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited)ĩ lb. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M1917 Enfield rifle from the collections of Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden Not to be confused with the British Lee-Enfield US Rifle, Model of 1917, Caliber 30
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