Winchester Enfield Model 1917 Serial Numbers
Model of 1917 Winchester is a Model 1917 Enfield Military Rifle manufactured from 1917 - 1918, in this case, by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven CT. It is a modified Mauser-type bolt action rifle chambered in 30-06. It has a 26$ barrel, 5-shot box magazine, adjustable rear site, and blade front site, supported by a military type stock with a semi-pistol grip.
1917 Enfield Serial Numbers
Enfield Model 1917 Serial Numbers
M1903A3 Rifle: Smith Corona Model 1917. Rifle: Eddystone Model 1917. Rifle: Remington Model 1917. Rifle: Winchester Automatic Rifle: Johnson. The M1917 Enfield, the 'American Enfield', formally named 'United States Rifle, cal.30, Model of 1917' was an American modification and production of the.303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3) developed and manufactured during the period 1917–1918.
Weight is 9.25 pounds. It was designed after the English.303 caliber P14 Enfield (Pattern 14) that was being manufactured in the U.S at the time for the British government by three gun U.S. Manufacturers: Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven CT, Remington Arms Company of Ilion NY, and Remington Arms Company of DE (actually located in Eddystone PA, later the Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company). In 1917, the U.S. Government contracted with these three firms to manufacture the same rifle for the U.S.