-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
-
12-19-2013 08:32 PM
# ADS
Friends and Sponsors
-
Advisory Panel
Chinese "Civil Soldier" aka "Civil Defence" mark. Correctly viewed with the rifle held vertically. I don't know if that would be Taiwan/Nationalist or PRC/PLA marking. Viet Nam bring-back?
Last edited by Surpmil; 12-20-2013 at 10:59 AM.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.
-
The Following 2 Members Say Thank You to Surpmil For This Useful Post:
-
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Originally Posted by
Surpmil
Chinese "Civil Soldier" aka "Civil Defence" mark. Correctly viewed with the rifle held vertically. I don't know if that would be Taiwan/Nationalist or PRC/PLA marking. Viet Nam bring-back?
Thanks for the help, Surpmil. I knew there was something unique about this rifle when I first saw it. That symbol is what attracted me to buy it in the first place.
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
why do you think its an M1917 made 'after' WWI ? there is no where enough shown to establish anything except the info you got above regarding the marking , its a use mark - not a mfgr mark ,
all 1917s were made in the war years , but they were reissued in later years and "given" as foreign aid , that is most likely the source of the marking , these left the factory with no cartouche
Last edited by A square 10; 12-21-2013 at 02:57 AM.
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Originally Posted by
A square 10
why do you think its an M1917 made 'after' WWI ? there is no where enough shown to establish anything except the info you got above regarding the marking , its a use mark - not a mfgr mark ,
all 1917s were made in the war years , but they were reissued in later years and "given" as foreign aid , that is most likely the source of the marking , these left the factory with no cartouche
I was giving a back story of sorts in my original post to go along with the picture (I wasn't planning on going a little off topic [Not that I care, really]). The rifle I bought has the SN in the 1.197M range [around 12/1918]. Since I know (from the research I did) there were a small percentage of 1917's made after 11/1918 by Winchester & Eddystone. If you want to know more about my rifle I will be more than happy to post the link from the CMP Forums if you want.
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
the cleanup production is true but a moot point to me , what was produced is of that vintage/contract , sorry to misslead if i did , its obviously of one of our foreign aid packages , hard to say how it got there but an interesting piece to be sure ,