Sergeant Alvin York used a weapon like this one in the action which resulted in his being awarded the Medal of Honor. Also the leather on the Remington made for the British had a black leather scabbard (the US Green) with a different mountings. modified Enfield Rifle, with Model 1917 Bayonet, was used to equip more American infantrymen than were armed with the well-proven U.S. The identical bayonet was made for the British Enfield Rifle in 1914 and the barrel has a different diameter but plane grips. Enfield) was the result.ĭisplay case with US Rifle, Cal.30, M1917 Enfield mounted over US Rifle, Cal.30, M1903 Springfield National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning, GA.Īlthough the M1903 Springfield remained the standard U.S. The Model 1917 Rivle (often called the M-1917 Enfield or U.S. 30-06 cartridge as a way to quickly get more rifle production using the same factories that were producing the British version. The original canvas scabbard is very fine and fits blade perfect. Wood grips are excellent and push button functions perfect.
#Remington m1917 bayonet markings on grips serial#
Blade has excellent markings RIA 1919 US and serial number. When the Ordnance department looked for additional production capacity, they decided to modify the Enfield for the U.S. Overall bayonet remains in very fine + as found condition. into WW I, the British government contracted with American commercial arms manufacturers Winchester, Remington, and Eddystone (a division of Remington) to produce the P14 rifle in caliber in.
Originally developed at the Royal Small Arms Factory located at Enfield Lock, in Middlesex on the outskirts of London, the so-called P-14 used the. During the war Springfield Armory produced over 265,620 additional Model 1903 rifles, and the War Department contracted for production of the M-1917 Enfield Rifle to help aid American troops. However this was insufficient to arm U.S.troops for an undertaking of the magnitude of World War I. Photo and description: Dan Morrison.īy the time that the United States entered World War I, approximately 843,239 standard service M-1903 Springfield rifles had been manufactured. Two American soldiers at port arms with their US Rifle, Cal.30, M1917 Enfield with the large rear sight and M1917 bayonet with the two parallel grooves in the grips.
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