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edgehill
07-16-2014, 06:22 PM
I was helping my mother go through
My recently passed step father's gun. Here's my reward for my help.

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w494/edgehill2/8A7F299E-42EB-43BE-AD30-6007D0795F7A_zps6wjciecn.jpg

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w494/edgehill2/DCEC8730-F6FD-4954-AE79-E8F4293CCC9D_zpsc05fcrzq.jpg

ColMike
07-16-2014, 06:52 PM
Very cool Andy!

NAMVET72
07-16-2014, 07:02 PM
Very Nice, but either your wife or mother would say get that dirty gun off my bed sheets funny :)


Clyde

Riverpigusmc
07-16-2014, 07:16 PM
Nice old rifle. Congrats

Sheepdog
07-16-2014, 07:24 PM
Very nice Andy

Xbonz
07-16-2014, 07:28 PM
Sweet...

zukinut
07-16-2014, 07:32 PM
Nice that looks a bunch different then my 1918. nanner

milkmanjoe
07-16-2014, 07:54 PM
Beautiful way to keep a great part of your life with you.

Caleb
07-16-2014, 08:16 PM
Freakin' awesome Andy! Always wanted one of those!

MPDC
07-16-2014, 08:45 PM
Nice reward, Andy. Any history on it? WWI service or surplus? Date makes it late in the war and almost all production was to that end.

Found this........The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield" (known in Canada as the P17), formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" was an American modification and production of the British .303 caliber P14 rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3)

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Enfield

sdmc530
07-16-2014, 09:18 PM
super nice buddy...very cool

edgehill
07-16-2014, 10:01 PM
No one in the family has any history on it. His brother shot competitively, so I suspect it came through the CMP program. When I get home I was going to see if there is a way to trace the serial number.

Caleb
07-16-2014, 10:05 PM
No one in the family has any history on it. His brother shot competitively, so I suspect it came through the CMP program. When I get home I was going to see if there is a way to trace the serial number.

Email the CMP with the serial number. If it did come through them, they would have info on it. Good luck.

AutoMag
07-17-2014, 08:03 AM
Very nice rifle Andy.:)