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1917 Enfield Project, Please Help, Present for Dad
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 2410183" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>The specs are correct, NO FLAT floorplate, P17 (should be M'17, but it's Boyds, what da' ya' want?). Military barrel channel? Not if you're gonna' re-barrel it! I'd choose a sporter style stock, instead of that ***, if it was mine. The P14 and P17 comes from "Enfield, <strong>Pattern</strong> 1914, which companies in the US were contracted by Great Britain to produce for their military. Technically, P17 doesn't exist, it is NOT the Pattern 17 rifle, It is <strong>US Model of 1917</strong>, or M17 for slang/short. After the US entered the "Great War", the US Gov contracted with the same companies that were building the P14 for Great Britain, to convert the design to .30/06. The P14 was .303, the British Military cartridge. The conversion of the rifle to 30/06 and the 'acceptance' of the rifle by the "War Department" called for a US Military designation, which incorporated the year the design was accepted by the Government. Hence, the <strong>Model</strong> of 1917. Yours' is desirable, as it was made by Winchester. Your Dad uses this as a hunting rifle, no doubt. So, put a sporter style stock on it made or walnut. The stock you have posted is for some competition, and heavy. The P14 and M17 are heavy enough, let alone add weight in the stock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 2410183, member: 24284"] The specs are correct, NO FLAT floorplate, P17 (should be M'17, but it's Boyds, what da' ya' want?). Military barrel channel? Not if you're gonna' re-barrel it! I'd choose a sporter style stock, instead of that ***, if it was mine. The P14 and P17 comes from "Enfield, [B]Pattern[/B] 1914, which companies in the US were contracted by Great Britain to produce for their military. Technically, P17 doesn't exist, it is NOT the Pattern 17 rifle, It is [B]US Model of 1917[/B], or M17 for slang/short. After the US entered the "Great War", the US Gov contracted with the same companies that were building the P14 for Great Britain, to convert the design to .30/06. The P14 was .303, the British Military cartridge. The conversion of the rifle to 30/06 and the 'acceptance' of the rifle by the "War Department" called for a US Military designation, which incorporated the year the design was accepted by the Government. Hence, the [B]Model[/B] of 1917. Yours' is desirable, as it was made by Winchester. Your Dad uses this as a hunting rifle, no doubt. So, put a sporter style stock on it made or walnut. The stock you have posted is for some competition, and heavy. The P14 and M17 are heavy enough, let alone add weight in the stock. [/QUOTE]
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