Rifle has not been test fired.ĬEREMONIAL GRADE: Rifle is incomplete in that it may be missing minor screws, parts, etc. Wood may have heavy cracks, dings, dents, gouges. Barrel will be dark and may have some rust or pitting and little rifling. RACK GRADE: Rifle is incomplete in that it may be missing minor screws, parts, etc. Wood may have minor cracks, dings, dents, gouges. Rifle has been head spaced and test fired.įIELD GRADE: Rifle is complete. Metal may show normal wear and may exhibit some rust or pitting. Barrels may be dark and may have rust or pitting and little rifling. All sales are AS-IS with NO RETURNS OR EXCHANGES. We receive only a few of this model each year, and in overall poor condition. All are mix-masters and none are in original condition. Army to chartered veterans’ organizations for use in honor guards, funerals, and other ceremonial purposes. All of these rifles have been on loan from the U.S. The CMP continues to receive a few dozen of these rifles each year. Winchester produced the rifle at their New Haven, Connecticut plant and Remington at their main facility at Ilion, New York and at another plant in Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Rather than re-tool completely, the factories, under the close supervision of the US Army Ordnance Department, altered the design for caliber. entered the war, it had a similar extreme need for rifles. In the case of the P14 rifle, Winchester and Remington were selected. When the British Empire entered World War I, it had an urgent need for rifles and contracts were placed with companies in the United States.

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