Posted by Dave41A on November 27, 2021 at 18:22:21 from (71.161.70.4):
In Reply to: Help identify rifle posted by cjunrau on November 27, 2021 at 17:04:14:
These were sometimes called Eddystone enfields. The action is different from that in the Lee-Enfield, which was a cock-on close rear lug design developed by James Paris Lee (an American). The Eddystone was known as the P14 (Pattern 1914) as the British attempted to resolve some perceived shortcomings in the Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield (SMLE) then in common issue for the British. The project was abandoned with the onset of WW1 as the British went to war with what they had. As the others have noted, the tooling and plants were located in the US (to build rifles for the British under contract), and the US pressed these into service in 1917 to make rifles of the same patterns but for US forces--in US service they were known as the Model 1917. The US had them chambered for 30-06, although yours is clearly British proofed. They were actually more widely used in WW1 by US forces than the official rifle of the time, the '03 Springfeld. This one has been extensively sporterized as the rear aperture sight assembly seems to have been ground off. Yours likely has a long history to it as the British proof marks on a 30-06 rifle is an odd combination. 303 British would not be re-chambered as 30-06 as the bore diameters are different--a complete re-barrel would be required. It is possible some work was done in Canada, which could also explain the British Imperial markings. Post some more pictures of other markings if you can.
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