![]() ![]() 303 British cartridge and approved on October 22, 1914. Apparently, switching cartridges during a major war was considered a bad idea, so the design was adapted to the. 276 to replace the Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield, but World War I broke out before they could get the rifle and new cartridge into production. In 1913, the British adopted the Pattern 13 rifle in. ![]() I haven’t been able to find a Model of 1917 bayonet for less than $150, but a friend seemed to recall I could put some kind of British bayonet on the gun. I have one of the new replica Model 97 “trench” shotguns and have been looking for a bayonet to go with it. The M1917 bayonet was standard-issue with the M1917 rifle, as well as U.S. Ordnance eagle and the date of manufacture on the ricasso. ![]() Typical M1917 markings include the maker’s name, a U.S. M1917 bayonet came to us in a British P’13 scabbard. ![]()
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