tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post2581298070273709483..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: MilSurp: An American Enfield – The History of the .30-06 Model 1917Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-78347788208469319552017-05-29T20:33:35.097-04:002017-05-29T20:33:35.097-04:00Not surprising in these days and times.Not surprising in these days and times.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-25908387388215340882017-05-29T17:15:14.080-04:002017-05-29T17:15:14.080-04:00When tested after WW1 the "Enfield" was ...When tested after WW1 the "Enfield" was found to be superior to the M-1903 in every measurable way. The testing board recommended in the 1920's that it replace the M1903 as the standard US service rifle. G.C. Marshall was to later wright "No mater the findings of the ordinance board. It (the M1917) was not an American rifle and so had to go". I know at least a dozen WW1/USMC reenactors that will swear on Bibles that "Da Corp" NEVER used ANY rife but the holy 1903 until WW2. All evidence to the contrary treated as base treason.---RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com