Lost Skeleton
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Following on the heels of the outstanding rifles posted by Mike and new member, dobk, this will seem run of the mill. However, unaltered or non-arsenal upgraded examples are quite scarce.
The following background is quoted from the Handbook by Ian Skennerton (ISBN 0 949749 51 6).
in 1912, Carnegie and Reavill of the Enfield R.S.A.F. designed a new high velocity .276-in. Mauser-type action for British service, designated the Pattern 1913. A total of 1,251 Pattern 1913 troop trials rifles were made at Enfield but the project was shelved when the Great War broke out.
To offset wartime SMLE rifle shortages, the Pattern 1913 was modified for the service .303 round and manufactured on British contracts in the United States by Winchester, Remington and Eddystone as the .303 Pattern 1914 rifle.
The British Patt. '14 rifle was produced in the U.S.A. from early in 1916; the British contracts finished in 1917. With the U.S. entry into the war on April 6th 1917, there was a shortage of Model 1903 Springfields, so the P'14 was modified for the U.S. .30 caliber cartridge and made at the three same factories. The 'new' Model 1917 rifle production commenced in August 1917.
This example features a Kerr "Nobuckl" web sling and a canvas breech cover made by Rosenwasser Bros. The bayonet is Winchester manufacture.
Chas.
The following background is quoted from the Handbook by Ian Skennerton (ISBN 0 949749 51 6).
in 1912, Carnegie and Reavill of the Enfield R.S.A.F. designed a new high velocity .276-in. Mauser-type action for British service, designated the Pattern 1913. A total of 1,251 Pattern 1913 troop trials rifles were made at Enfield but the project was shelved when the Great War broke out.
To offset wartime SMLE rifle shortages, the Pattern 1913 was modified for the service .303 round and manufactured on British contracts in the United States by Winchester, Remington and Eddystone as the .303 Pattern 1914 rifle.
The British Patt. '14 rifle was produced in the U.S.A. from early in 1916; the British contracts finished in 1917. With the U.S. entry into the war on April 6th 1917, there was a shortage of Model 1903 Springfields, so the P'14 was modified for the U.S. .30 caliber cartridge and made at the three same factories. The 'new' Model 1917 rifle production commenced in August 1917.
This example features a Kerr "Nobuckl" web sling and a canvas breech cover made by Rosenwasser Bros. The bayonet is Winchester manufacture.
Chas.