Although Great Britain and France had declared war on Germany neither country was capable of immediately mounting any type of effective offensive against the fast moving German Wehrmacht. Within a matter of weeks Poland was defeated. Two days later on SeptemGreat Britain and France both declared war on Germany. World War Two began suddenly on the morning of Septemwhen German forces invaded Poland. 30 Model of 1917, and was the most prolific U.S. The redesigned Enfield rifle was designated the U.S Rifle Caliber. The decision was made to convert the Pattern 14 British rifle rather than re-tool the plant to manufacture the standard issue US 1903 design. 303 Pattern 14 Enfield was redesigned to utilize the standard US 30’06 cartridge. In order to get rifles into the hands of US troops in the most expeditious manner possible the. As the United States entered WWI in 1917 they were facing a shortage of their US 1903 “Springfield” Rifle. John Thompson of Thompson Submachine Gun fame, was instrumental in establishing Remington’s Eddystone facility for production of the P14 rifle. The Remington Arms Company manufactured the rifles at their Illion, New York and Eddystone, Pennsylvania factories. 303 caliber Enfield rifle for the British who were at war with Germany.

Remington and Winchester were both contracted to manufacture the Pattern 14 or P14. During the First World War, United States industry was called upon to assist in the manufacture of weapons for Great Britain.

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