rifle No 362199

[Chuckindenver]

to ad more to the mix...could have even been a Mosin Nagant Dragoon rifle as well. many were used. and were refered to as the 1917 as well.
i have a Remington made Nagant, that never made it to Russia.
id bet its likely a Eddystone 1917 enfield, though all the rifles listed would have that serial number as well.

[Randy A]

Assuming that the article in one of the other recent posts is correct and assuming that it is a 1917 (I suspect that it is) then we can rule out Eddystone. According to said article, Eddystone didn't deliver it's first run until the 17th of Sept. 1917. I'll work on this a bit more, but that narrows it down a little. To be continued,

[highpower3006]

I'm close, but no cigar.

[firstflabn]

Ned, first you said the September date was in 1917; later you said 1918. Want to take another look?

[trooper554877]

Ned, first you said the September date was in 1917; later you said 1918. Want to take another look?

sorry, yeah its 9-11 sept 1918 that has been entered into the book.

cheers
Ned

[firstflabn]

I presume 'Camp Devon' actually means Camp Devens in Massachusetts. Devens was used as an induction and training base during the initial buildup in 1917 and I would guess it continued as a replacement training center. The odds favor the M1917 both because of the proportion of M1917s to M1903s being produced, but also because almost all exisiting M1903s were already in France.

I presume replacements took their personal weapons with them on the boat ride (members of organized units did), so one guess might be to look at which maker reached your serial number close to September 1918. In no way does that prove the case, but it might make for an educated guess by playing the tendencies.