1917 winchester enfield

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1917 winchester enfield

Post by p08man » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:45 pm

how about a winchester 1917 30 06 enfield are they any good military
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by M14man » Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:13 pm

How about finishing the question, and making it complete.
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by p08man » Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:39 pm

well just wanted to ask is it a good rifle not like the 1903a3 some 1903 were remakes and blew apart from what ive read
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by Niner » Mon Dec 15, 2014 3:21 pm

I'd like to have one. That's just one more hole in the collection. And... from what I understand they were pretty reliable rifles as they were used by the American troops in WWI.

Here's a bit from Wickopedia
When the U.S. entered the war, it had a similar need for rifles. The Springfield Armory had delivered approximately 843,000 M1903 rifles, but due to the difficulties in production, rather than re-tool the Pattern 14 factories to produce the standard 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. Accordingly, Remington Arms Co. altered the design for caliber .30-06, under the close supervision of the U.S. Army Ordnance Department, which was formally adopted as the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1917. 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. Eddystone made 1,181,908 rifles - more than the production of Remington (545,541 rifles) and Winchester (465,980 rifles) combined.[2][3]

Design changes were few; the magazine, bolt face, chamber and rifling dimensions were altered to suit the .30-06 cartridge and the volley fire sights on the left side of the weapon were deleted. The markings were changed to reflect the model and caliber change. A 16.5-inch blade bayonet, the M1917 Bayonet was produced for use on the rifle. It would later be used on several other small arms like the Winchester M12 trench shotgun and early M1 Garands.

The new rifle was used alongside the M1903 Springfield rifle and quickly surpassed the Springfield design in numbers produced and units issued. By November 11, 1918 about 75% of the AEF in France were armed with M1917s.[4]
The later 2A and 2A1 Enfields were modified by the Indian armory to fire .308 rounds after WWII. I've got examples of both of those and there is no safety concern as a design with either of them either.
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by p08man » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:25 pm

well i found a nice one they want 400.00 for it i would like to buy it is it a good price
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by M14man » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:30 pm

Yes, if barrel and wood is good, that is a fine price. You had no luck with your A3 because you did not do research BEFORE , and you bought a rifle that was not GI. Do research before if possible. If you don't; you take a gamble with what you end up with.
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by p08man » Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:58 pm

sometimes i gotta learn the hard way that is i gotta feel to learn a lesson
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by p08man » Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:07 am

well got this one matching numbers all 1918 manufacture good shape lovely to fire and pretty accurate too sometimes i get lucky i like it winchester 1917 30-06 u.s model of 1917 winchester sometime i will post pictures just bear with me thanks
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by Niner » Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:20 am

All you got to do is add the photos as jps as attachments. Good that you made the addition to the battery.
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Re: 1917 winchester enfield

Post by A square 10 » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:29 pm

i know - old thread , i missed this one somehow ,

YES - these are some of the most accurate , if you get a good one , thats the problem there were millions [of all three mfgrs ] made they served in both world wars - as foreign aid and police service all over the globe , they were issued to VFWs for gravesite duty and parade use , they represent the first extensive US contracted service rifles in the 20th century , some of the most interesting research you may ever do ,
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