Enfield No 1 Mark III* 1917?

[5thBatt]

Beautiful rifle. I think you are correct reference the re-arsenal process occurring as your rifle has the later flat cocking piece and not the round one that was original for the rifle. What happened to the Japanese rifle?

That pattern of cocking piece was introduced in August 1916 so is correct

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[Singer B]

That pattern of cocking piece was introduced in August 1916 so is correct

Good info, thanks. My all-matching 1917 has the round one.

[mrclark303]

Good info, thanks. My all-matching 1917 has the round one.

You could get either in 1917, they just used supplies as available to the production lines.

Same reason you can get cut of slotted action bodies and dished volley sight forends on 1917 '*' production.

Production was at its peak and all the stops were pulled out to maximize production for the front line.