Thread: More .303 markings

Greetings All,
To give some more info on how early the rifle is Eddystone made some 450,000 P14 rifles and close to a further 1,200,000 M17 rifles. M17 Enfields were the P14 adapted to fire the .30-06 cartridge.
Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings All,
To give some more info on how early the rifle is Eddystone made some 450,000 P14 rifles and close to a further 1,200,000 M17 rifles. M17 Enfields were the P14 adapted to fire the .30-06 cartridge.
Grandpamac.

Slightly OT but mention could also be made of the P13 in .276 Enfield that the British were developing just prior to WWI. With onset of WWI development was dropped in favour or continuing with the 303B and subsequently the P14 was an outcome.

With the US entry into WWI and the shortages of the Springfield rifle the Yanks "borrowed" the design of the P14 and hence the M17.

Originally Posted by zimmer

Slightly OT but mention could also be made of the P13 in .276 Enfield that the British were developing just prior to WWI. With onset of WWI development was dropped in favour or continuing with the 303B and subsequently the P14 was an outcome.

With the US entry into WWI and the shortages of the Springfield rifle the Yanks "borrowed" the design of the P14 and hence the M17.

And Remington kept using the design in their model 30, 30S and 720 rifles until about 1942. When I look at the bolt shroud on my M700 rifles it looks vaguely familiar, rather like the P14, and there is the safety on the right hand side of the bolt, just like the P14. Perhaps the ghost of the P14 is with us still.
Grandpamac.