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An M1917 Enfield rifle was used by Sergeant Alvin C. York on October 8, 1918, during the event for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor, as the U.S. 82nd Division's (which York was a part of) official history states the division had been issued the M1917 (Eddystone), then replaced them with the No 1 Mk III Lee-Enfield while training with the ...
The Remington Model 30 is a US sporting rifle of the inter-war period based on the military P14/M1917 Enfield rifle action, which was manufactured for the British and US governments during World War I. [4] [5] Initial specimens used surplus military parts with some modifications in order to consume the stock of parts, though further modifications were made as production progressed and later ...
Also, there was an attempt to use Philippine wood to manufacture replacement stocks for the Enfield. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.4.38.253 03:55, 28 April 2008 (UTC) The extractor was not the issue. The P1914 and M1917 had issues with the one-piece ejector and spring breaking in use.
M1917 Browning machine gun, a belt-fed water-cooled machine gun; M1917 Revolver, a .45 ACP revolver produced by Colt and Smith & Wesson; M1917 Enfield, an American bolt-action rifle; M1917 light tank, a light tank in US Army service, a near copy of the Renault FT; 75 mm gun M1917, a US-manufactured variant of the British QF 18-pounder artillery gun
The use of the Pedersen device in the 1919 spring offensive was to be in conjunction with the full combat introduction of the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR.) The US Patent Office issued U.S. patent 1,355,417, U.S. patent 1,355,418, U.S. patent 1,355,419, and U.S. patent 1,355,420 to Pedersen for his invention. The United States Army paid ...
The M1917 RSC (Ribeyrolles, Sutter and Chauchat - the weapon's designers) was formally adopted in May 1916. [2] The M1917 was being mass-produced by April 1917, and was less expensive to manufacture than the Meunier rifle since it used standard Lebel rifle components, notably the barrel, stock, handguard, barrel bands and trigger guard.
Eddystone is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,410 at the 2010 census. The population was 2,410 at the 2010 census. [ 3 ]
The P13 is distinguished by unusual angled finger grooves on the fore end of the stock, which were not present on the later P14 and M1917. Some P'13s survived as target rifles in the UK, often having been "sporterized" (removal of wooden handguards and shortening of the stock). [citation needed] Very few were produced, and so very few survive.