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The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3), which was developed and manufactured during the period 1917–1918.
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 ...
The new trench guns being procured and issued were still designed to use the old M1917 bayonet. The bayonet was again called on during the Korean War for issue with the various trench guns still in service. In a strange twist of fate, in 1966 procurement orders were let for brand new production M1917 bayonets.
The rifle was distributed to the army as the Rifle, Magazine, Enfield, .276-inch. The troop trial rifles left handed rifling twist rate was 10 in (254 mm) , 5 grooves, groove depth .005 inches (0.127 mm) land width .09352 inches (2.375 mm). The trials took place in Britain, Ireland, Egypt and South Africa and at the end, the Chief Inspector of ...
The M1903 Springfield Rifle. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-1-78096-011-1. Engineer Field Manual, War Department, Document No. 355, 1909. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, War Department, Document No. 574, 1917. "Bushmaster '03 Carbine", American Rifle magazine, April 2005, p. 40.
Upon the outbreak of World War I the British authorities adapted the Pattern 1913 Enfield to the .303 British cartridge, creating the Pattern 1914 Enfield rifle, and contracts were awarded to the United States arms manufacturers Winchester, Remington and Eddystone for the rifle's production. To accompany those rifles, Remington manufactured the ...
No shots were fired, but a police lieutenant said that the 20-year-old man’s "intent obviously was to cause chaos."
The contract was cancelled on 1 March 1919 after production of 65,000 devices with 1.6 million magazines, 65 million cartridges and 101,775 modified Springfield rifles. [2] Each device was to be issued with a belt including a stamped, sheet-steel scabbard for safely carrying the device when not in use, a canvas pouch to hold the M1903 rifle ...