Quote Originally Posted by Surpmil View Post
The US Enfield by Skennertonicon has the story of the transition from P14 to M17. IIRC all the spares and tooling were sold by the Britishicon for about $900,000; it had cost them over $20,000,000. in gold.

The assembly record for the P14 was about 50 rifles a day per man. For the M17 it inexplicably jumped to 280 rifles a day per man!

The P14 cost on average $42. each. Each M17 costed out at $26.00 each

This is how the USAicon ended WWI as the world's largest creditor!
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The three plants also turned out non-compatible guns/parts, yet the p1917 didnt have that issue?

hmmm

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