When the Brit contracts ran out, coincidentally the US had entered WWI and needed rifles. In the event, the Brits were able to manufacture sufficient SMLEs for their needs. When the Brits feared they would not be able to manufacture enough SMLEs to arm their troops in WWI, they contracted with Winchester and Remington to manufacture the P14 in the USA as a supplemental arm. The British design was developed at the Royal Arsenal at Enfield, and was based on a Mauser type action. 303 British, which in turn came from the British P13, which was in a new rimless cartridge, the. It was an adaptation of the British Pattern 14 (Pattern of 1914, or P14) in. Click to expand.You have a US Rifle Model of 1917.
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