Having said that, I have a Type 44 Arisaka receiver only that is cracked: it was tapped for scope mounts. (Eddystone was most prevalent for this, some other makers might have a few instances as well but they're not common (nor were Eddystone cracks, but more prevalent). There were some issues with cracks appearing in Eddystone receivers after re-barreling post war. Last American Rifleman has a Bruce Canfield article estimating 75% of the US doughboys in France had the M1917s.īoth P14 and M1917 had nickel steel receivers and did not have the receiver bursting issues that the M1903 rifles had. US claimed about 95% parts interchangeability by the time production got into high gear. They were still the official British sniping rifle at start of World War II but total production was sparse compared to the #4 variants of WWII. By the way, by end of WWI as I recall, a Winchester based P14 sniper rifle was to be the standard British sniping rifle though not sure how many were actually built before the end of the war. Interchangeability was a bit of an issue with both P14 and M1917s with the Brits having 3 separate "list of changes" entries one for each maker. Whilst the US M1917 saw widespread and heavy use with the AEF in WWI, most of the P14s saw no action until given away to many "new" nations post war.but that is another story.īoth rifle models saw plenty of action in WWII.ĭOC AV is indeed right about Midvale Steel: Eddystone Arsenel was sort of local slang (I grew up within 5 miles of the place.) It was purely commercial enterprise. The only changes were rearsight calibrations, bolt face diameters, barrel specs, and magazine box internal dimensions and related receiver rail milling.Īll the rest was the same as the P14 design.including screw threads.ītw, the Volley sights were omitted from the M1917 ( as they were to be removed later in the 30 cal.actually a backward design step, as the original Patt.13 design was for a long rimless cartridge, and so In 1917, the US Gov't took over all three contracts, and with the necessary design modification, the three plants continued making the basic design but in. The Eddystone plant ( NOT "arsenal") was set up by Remington in conjunction with Midvale Steel, in buildings part of the Baldwin Locomotive Company.
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