U.S. Model 1917 Enfields

[Gil Martin]

The February 2007 issue of Shooting Times has an article on these classic battle rifles. It is informative and a good read. All the best...
Gil

[toxic111]

I'll make sure to pick it up.. I do have a 1917 in my gun cabinet.... one of these days I will have to take it out to the range again.

[Joe Boleo]

I was in a gun shop on Friday and saw a decent full military 1917 Eddystone. The price was just south of $500.00. These rifles just keep going up in price. I have a few of these already, but they are getting harder to find. Take care...
Joe

[Adam Helmer]

Gil,

I just received the magazine and read the P-17 article. There were a few minor glitches, but overall it was a good read.

I have the Winchester, Remington and Eddystone P-17s and the best of my lot is the Eddystone (actually a Remington-made rifle at Eddystone Arsenal near by Philadelphia). Most P-17s will shoot Ball ammo about a foot high at 100 yards with the Battle Sight, but my Eddystone P-17 puts Ball and my 150 grain spitzer handloads and 49 grains of IMR 4895 at +1 inch at 100 yards. My P-17 Eddystone is my farm carry gun and my deer rifle.

My grandfather, along with 65% of the Doughboys in WWI, carried a P-17 into the trenches in France. I can only hope any of my P-17s were also carried by my grandad, who I never knew.

I think the P-17 was a far better battle rifle than the M1903. I have many M1903s and P-17s and concur with the post WWI Bureau of Ordnance report to adopt the P-17 as Standard.

Adam

[Riposte1]

I love my Springfields, but I gotta admit, for WW I, I would have rather gone to the fight with a 1917 or a Pattern 14, either one would do. After the advent of the 03A3 I might be less sure but that was between the wars.

Riposte