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. Army Ordnance Department, which was formally adopted as the U.S. 30-06 Springfield, under the close supervision of the U.S. 30-06 Springfield it was a big, strong action and was originally intended to employ a long, powerful, rimless bottlenecked cartridge.
The Enfield design was well-suited to the. 303 British military cartridge, the design was modified for the U.S.30-06 Springfield cartridge to simplify ammunition logistics. Although it might have been faster to retain chambering for the. rifle, the M1903 Springfield, it was realized that it would be much quicker to adapt the British design. The Springfield Armory had delivered approximately 843,000 M1903 Springfield rifles, but due to the difficulties in production, rather than re-tool the Pattern 14 factories to produce the standard U.S. entered the war, it had a similar need for rifles. The rifle was developed at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield (arsenal) in the United Kingdom. The starting point was to copy many of the features of the Mauser system. 303 British Mark VII ammunition with pointed (spitzer) projectiles entered service after the Boer War in 1910, a committee was formed to develop an entirely new design of rifle and cartridge. Thus, even though improved Lee–Enfield variants (the SMLE) and. The long-range accuracy of German 7×57mm Model 18 Mausers in the hands of Boer marksmen during the Boer War (1899 -1902) made a big impression on the British Army, and a more powerful, modern rifle was desired. 303 rimmed cartridge, originally a black powder cartridge, was ill-suited for feeding in magazine or belt-fed weapons and the SMLE was thought to be less accurate than its competition at longer ranges. US Rifle, Model of 1917, Caliber 30īefore World War I, the British had the Short Magazine Lee–Enfield (SMLE) as their main rifle. I need to move quickly as he is going to sell this shortly. Looking at Gunbroker and others the price ranges are all over the place and it's difficult to determine the value.Īny ideas on value would be appreciated. Can anyone tell me a price range for this rifle? It is very clean and I would like to make this guy an offer. I'll try and post a pic if I can get one. The wood looks excellent, no cracks, gouges, etc Most, if not all of the other metal parts I found had an 'E' stamped on them. I know about theseīarrel is Remington and dated 1/18. On the left side of the stock, there is a clear 'RA-R' stamp then below it is 'AA-A' Can anyone decipher these for me? I'm pretty limited on knowledge so I'm looking for some info on a 1917.Ī gun collector friend called me and asked if I was interested in a Remington 1917. I've been a long time Remington Collector and have now been bitten by the military grade Remington rifles. Hello, my first post here and I really enjoy this site.
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