Therefore, the official designation of the rifle was dependent upon its manufacturer: e.g., the Pattern 1914 Mk I W is a Mk I of Winchester manufacture, R would be Remington, or E for Eddystone. However, each factory produced slightly differing parts, leading to interchangeability issues. 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 before the US entered the war in 1917. The Short Magazine LeeРІР‚вЂњEnfield therefore remained the standard British rifle during World War I and beyond. The primary contractor ( Vickers) was unable to produce more than a handful of rifles, so the P14 became a de facto afterthought. Rifle M1917 Enfield.Р”В¬onscripts of the Estonian Sakala Partisan Battalion with P14 rifles in 1939 or 1940. The Pattern 1914 Enfield was the successor to the Pattern 1913 Enfield experimental rifle and the predecessor of the U.S. It served as a sniper rifle and as second line and reserve issue until being declared obsolete in 1947. A bolt action weapon with an integral 5-round magazine, it was principally contract manufactured by companies in the United States. 303 Pattern 1914 (or P14) was a British service rifle of the First World War period.

Manual, as determined by skill of operator Sniper (telescopic and unmagnified), grenade launcher, US M1917 rifle

Pattern 14 enfield serial numbers