Totally unrelated to choosing the best action for the build Please see our legal page for more information.Click to expand.If you will indulge me for a moment, I’ll tell you why I chose the Enfield. We assume no liability associated with misuse of our products. All orders are subject to acceptance by IMA Inc, which reserves the right to refuse any order. By placing an order, the buyer represents that he/she is in compliance with the law and will utilize the items in a lawful manner. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the buyer to be in compliance of laws that govern their specific location. IMA works diligently to be aware of these ever changing laws and obeys them accordingly. Gun magazine laws, concealed weapons laws, laws governing new made display guns, airsoft guns, blank fire guns, and other items vary greatly by nation, state and locality. IMA considers all antique guns offered on our website as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns manufactured prior to 1899. Every musket, rifle, display machine gun, machine gun parts set or gun sold by IMA, Inc is engineered to be inoperable according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF). Everything for sale on is completely legal to own, trade, transport and sell within the United States of America. Legal Notice - International Military Antiques, Inc observes all Federal, State and local laws. This is a great chance to finally get an original WW1 era P-1913 bayonet to go along with a nice WW1 issue P-14 Enfield Rifle. They were made in the same factories by the same people. The bayonet for the M1917 is identical to the P-14, with markings being the only difference. 30-06 cartridge, making the Model 1917 Enfield, which was issued along with the 1903 Springfield Rifle, and eventually surpassed it in production during the war. One the United States entered into WW1, production of the P-14 had ceased, and the same three companies modified the P-14 to use the. They were mostly used as Sniper rifles, having been found to be more accurate than the SMLE Rifles. Tooling and production delays led to the first P-14 being accepted in February 1916, and they were never received in large quantities. Manufacturers Winchester, Remington and Eddystone to manufacture the P-1914. There was however still much need of additional rifles and second line weapons for the war, so Britain contracted with U.S. The SMLE was retained as the standard issue rifle through WW1, WW2, and beyond. However, the primary contractor Vickers was only able to make a handful of the rifles, so the rifle was almost an afterthought. 303 British Cartridge, and became the Pattern 1914 Enfield. The Pattern 1913 was then redesigned to take the standard rimmed. The outbreak of World War 1 then stopped the development in its tracks, as introduction of a new rifle cartridge during Wartime would have been a logistical nightmare, and there was no time to set up mass production to be ready for the war. A bayonet based on the P-1907 bayonet was developed at this time as well, and was known as the P-1913. This went through several revisions until the 1913 Enfield was developed and put into trials. This led them to develop a similar rimless cartridge and a Mauser action based rifle to shoot it, the first version being developed in 1911. as the standard issue rifle for British Troops. During the Second Boer War, the British Army had been faced with expert Boer marksmen equipped with the Mauser Model 1895, in 7×57mm caliber. 303 Pattern 1914, was developed from the experimental Pattern 1913 Enfield, originally intended to replace the S.M.L.E. This really is a gem and ready to display. The scabbard itself has markings stamped into the leather on the reverse, including a large W and British Broad Arrow. The bayonet comes complete in its original WW1 scabbard with "Lozenge" shaped frog stud. The blade ricasso is marked 1913 / I -17 / W on one side of the blade and has various British Acceptance markings on the other. for the British Army's Pattern 1914 Enfield (P-14) Rifle. Near unissued, this is a P-1913 British WW1 bayonet made by WINCHESTER Arms Company in the U.S. This is rare, especially in this lovely very well preserved condition.
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