Winchester Remington P17 Bayonet & Scabbard. Sn 22426:8 Bolt Action None Rifle

**VERY RARE**WW1 Winchester USA P14 & WW2 British WD Home Guard .303 Calibre Bolt Action Rifle Inlaid Silver Plaque To The Solihull Home Guard Rifle Club 1944, Period Parker Hale PH5B Mk VII Target Sight, Sling, Remington P17 Bayonet & Scabbard. - 22426:88

The Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 (or P14) was a British service rifle of the First World War period, principally manufactured under contract by companies in the United States. It was a bolt-action weapon with an integral 5-round magazine. It served as a sniper rifle and as second-line and reserve issue, until declared obsolete in 1947. The Pattern 1914 Enfield was the successor to the Pattern 1913 Enfield experimental rifle and the predecessor of the U.S. Rifle M1917 Enfield. The need for additional small arms combined with a shortage of spare industrial capacity led the British government to contract with United States commercial arms manufacturers, Winchester, Remington and Eddystone (a subsidiary of Remington set up principally to manufacture the P14) to produce the P14 for the British, which continued until the US entered the war in 1917. This is a rare WW1 Winchester USA made P14 Rifle in .303 calibre. The woodwork and metal work of this weapon are in nice undamaged condition with just the knocks, bumps and bruises to be expected. The breech is stamped with serial number ‘W (Winchester) 89319’. The number is repeated on the bolt. The metal also has British WD arrow together and GR (George Rex) inspection mark indicating British WW2 re-issue after WW1 service. The rifle is fitted with its original flip up rear ladder sight and winged fore sight and has an additional period Parker Hale PH5B Mk VII Target Sight. It has a steel butt plate with trap, sling swivels fitted with webbing sling and bayonet bar. The weapon, cocks and dry fires crisply. The shoulder stock is inlaid with silver plate engraved ‘Solihull Home Guard Rifle Club’ and date ‘1944’ (5th Warwickshire Solihull Battalion) indicating WW2 use by the Solihull HG. The rifle comes with an original WW1 Pattern 1917 Bayonet stamped at the ricasso with Remington roundel and pattern detail ‘1917’. The reverse has ‘U.S’ (army) Frankford arsenal ‘ignited grenade’ mark and ‘stylised Eagle’ army acceptance marks. The bayonet measures 21 ¾” overall with a 16 ¾” clean single edged fullered blade and has undamaged slab wood grips. The bayonet is complete with original undamaged steel mounted green leather scabbard with belt bar. The leather is impressed by the maker ‘GHY’. The price for this interesting P17 set worthy of further research includes deactivation certificate and UK delivery. Sn 22426:88

£1,750.00