Originally Posted by
Surpmil
The story is offered for what it is. Each must make up their own mind. I suspect it is largely truthful, possibly entirely so.
I haven't opened "The US Enfield" by Skennerton for some time, but you'll find he documents quite a number of defects and production problems with the P.14. I recall he mentions that those problems were of such a magnitude that consideration was given to cancelling all of the contracts for the rifle, but political needs naturally intervened.
A book worth having for those interested in the breed.
Some 60,000 of the early ERA rifles were DP'd from new. Not likely to have been done without a reason was it?