Originally Posted by
Buster95
The firing pin and cocking piece are all compatible between the 3 manufacturers? From the sources that I have seen the cocking piece and firing pins for the P14 were non-interchangeable. For the Model of 1917 those parts were interchangeable with the possible exception of the first 10,000 Winchester M1917s. Winchester jumped the gun and built these rifles without ordnance drawings from US Army Ordnance. General Pershing refused to have Winchester M1917s deployed to the Western front due to the compatibility issues.
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P14 stock without the dial volley sight base and even without the cutout in the stock for this base exist? I know a person with a P14 with a "plain" stock, no base no cut out but with finger grooves.