Another addition on the cheap
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Topic: Another addition on the cheap
Posted By: shiloh
Subject: Another addition on the cheap
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 3:17pm
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M1917 with Canadian ownership stamp, overall very nice condition.     |
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 3:25pm
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Very nice! ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 4:08pm
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Nice example! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 4:15pm
| Didn’t know Canada had the M1917. That must be fairly rare, a Canadian marked US made bayonet for the US Model 1917. But, I’m not a bayonet collector, so may be wrong here. |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 4:22pm
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From ,https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Enfield As with all belligerents, Canada entered the Second World War short of small arms to equip its expanding military. 80,000 M1917s, designated “Rifle, Enfield .30/06,” were purchased in July 1940, along with 5,000,000 rounds of .30-06 ammunition. A further 20,000 were purchased in 1941. They were initially allotted to Canadian Army Basic and Advanced Training Centres, the Royal Military College of Canada and Canadian Army (Reserve) units. They would also be issued to the Veterans Guard of Canada, the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The M1917 would fill a critical role in Canada's war effort, freeing .303-calibre weapons for front-line use or to be supplied to the UK after Dunkirk, when Canada provided 75,000 Ross Mark III rifles beginning on 22 May 1940. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Enfield#cite_note-15" rel="nofollow - - [15 - ] A One of my Uncles trained with a US Enfield during WWII. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 4:33pm
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Well, there you go! I suppose since the US entered both WWI and II rather “late”, it makes sense that Canada was scrounging for rifles in 1939 and looked south to their closest neighbour who kindly obliged. Wonder what became of those M1917’s, perhaps some are still out there.
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 4:36pm
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The hunt goes on. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 4:52pm
Thanx paddy for the `splenation, saved me a bunch of typing, and you hit it on the nail dead on. Brit, there are quite a few `17s up here still. I`ve got my eye on a Winchester example, for $250, all matching but needs new fore stock , hand guards, bands, cap etc etc. that`ll run nearly a grand to refurbish, so I`m hesitant to get it. But my new bayonet needs some where to live, mmmm maybe, maybe not....lol |
britrifles wrote:Posted By: Enfield trader
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 5:53pm
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I have in wig the M1917 rifles and same bayonet with the Canadian stamp in really nice condition. The M1917 rifles had a red painted band around the front of the handguards with 30’06 in black to designate non-standard ie: not .303
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 01 2024 at 8:58pm
| looks very nice to me - thy should never show sharpening , |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: November 02 2024 at 3:53am
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No sign of sharpening on this one. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 02 2024 at 9:25am
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Is that just camera angle or has the blade been shortened from the original 17 1/4" length? ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: November 02 2024 at 3:23pm
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No, its still original length at just a smidge over factory 17" |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 03 2024 at 10:47am
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Sweet! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 03 2024 at 4:29pm
| very nice indeed , a little gentle clean - you have a keeper there |
Posted By: DisasterDog
Date Posted: February 23 2025 at 7:42pm
They were passed on rather quickly, most (if not all) of the Danish M1917s appear to be ex-Canadian.
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 23 2025 at 10:12pm
| i ended up with one , a remington that would have worked well with that bayo , had canadian markings , was also a very good shooter - ended up in competition |
Posted By: Enfield trader
Date Posted: February 24 2025 at 2:52pm
| Xx |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 24 2025 at 7:54pm
| i still have one M17 bayo left , had to keep it with my 1897 trench gun , its a remington bayo , my winchester bayo went with my winchester M17 , not quite as nice as yours but this one was a late brit comntract that was "x"d out and remarked as US soi felt it was worth keeping |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: February 25 2025 at 10:13am
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When I had my Remington M10 trench gun I had an x`d out bayonet for it. I regret selling that gun. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 25 2025 at 10:33pm
| yes , they used to be a bit easier to find but i dont see much of them any more , used to see the VN issue versions as well , i regret letting my example of that go - it was a canadian made lan cay i think but thats been years ago i no longer have those notes , |