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The excellent 433mm blade has a deep single fuller on both sides and a rounded spine. By the end of WW1, Remington had produced 1,243,000 of the P1913 bayonets. Production of the P13 commenced some months prior to the official adoption of the bayonet. STRIPPED BARRELED RECEIVER: Consists only of barrel and receiver – no other parts. The production date of this bayonet is May 1916, prior to the bayonet’s official acceptance. Rifle has not been test fired.ĭRILL RIFLE: Rifle has plugged and welded barrel and other welded parts. During the First World War, it was one of a batch diverted for American use and has the British ordnance marks crossed out. blade) bayonet for the M1903 Springfield short rifle, the M1905 bayonet later, a long sword bayonet was also provided for the M1917 Enfield rifle. 30 caliber rifle, as well as with the seven different U.S. Rifle is chrome plated or painted, could have painted stocks. This bayonet was originally manufactured as a Pattern 1913 with British ordnance markings for the P14 rifle. Bayonet100 (1/1) The M1917 bayonet was designed to be used with the US M1917 Enfield. Wood may have heavy cracks, dings, dents, gouges. Barrel will be dark and may have some rust or pitting and little rifling. Rifle has not been test fired.ĬEREMONIAL GRADE: Rifle is incomplete in that it may be missing minor screws, parts, etc. RACK GRADE: Rifle is incomplete in that it may be missing minor screws, parts, etc. Wood may have minor cracks, dings, dents, gouges. Rifle has been head spaced and test fired.įIELD GRADE: Rifle is complete. Metal may show normal wear and may exhibit some rust or pitting. Barrels may be dark and may have rust or pitting and little rifling. All sales are AS-IS with NO RETURNS OR EXCHANGES. We receive only a few of this model each year, and in overall poor condition. All are mix-masters and none are in original condition. When the British adopted the Lee-Enfield No 1 Mk III rifle (SMLE) in 1907, they decided to copy. The story, of course, begins before 1913. Of course, those rifles came with bayonets, and that is quite a story too. Army to chartered veterans’ organizations for use in honor guards, funerals, and other ceremonial purposes. Last week i told the story of the P14 and M1917 rifles.
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All of these rifles have been on loan from the U.S. The CMP continues to receive a few dozen of these rifles each year. Winchester produced the rifle at their New Haven, Connecticut plant and Remington at their main facility at Ilion, New York and at another plant in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Rather than re-tool completely, the factories, under the close supervision of the US Army Ordnance Department, altered the design for caliber.
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entered the war, it had a similar extreme need for rifles. In the case of the P14 rifle, Winchester and Remington were selected. When the British Empire entered World War I, it had an urgent need for rifles and contracts were placed with companies in the United States.