In the case of the P14 rifle, Winchester and Remington were selected. The new rifle was termed the "Pattern 14". They decided to ask these companies to produce the new rifle design in the old. However, the onset of World War I came too quickly for the UK to put it into production before the new cartridge could be perfected.Īs it entered World War I, the UK had an urgent need for rifles, and contracts for the new rifle were placed with arms companies in the United States. Ease of manufacture was also an important criterion. This development included a front locking, dual lug bolt action with Mauser type claw extractor as well as a new, powerful rimless. This development of a new rifle and cartridge began by copying many of the features of the Mauser system. Hand in hand with development of an improved cartridge for the SMLE, a committee was formed to develop another rifle just in case. 303 rimmed cartridge, originally a black powder cartridge, was ill-suited for feeding in magazine or belt-fed weapons and the SMLE was less accurate than its competition at longer ranges. 3) developed and manufactured during the period 1917-1918.īefore World War I developed, the British had as their main rifle, the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE).
303 caliber P14 rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 30, Model of 1917" was an American modification and production of the British. The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield" (frequently misidentified or mislabeled as the "P17", "P1917", or "Pattern 1917"), formally named "United States Rifle, cal. M1917 rifle at Kalamazoo, Michigan Air Zoo Museum 30 M1 Ball cartridge Ħ-round magazine, 5-round clip fed reloading World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited)ĩ lb. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M1917 Enfield rifle from the collections of Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden Not to be confused with the British Lee-Enfield US Rifle, Model of 1917, Caliber 30
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