Ogden Arsenal ,Ogden ut

[thefixitman]

Up date on the history of my 1917 Enfield‘s. I was raised a mile away from the Ogden arsenal. The military surplus store I bought my Winchester from was just outside the fence from it. Here is a brief History of that facility.

Acting Secretary of War Crowell approved the purchase of 1,200 acres of land for the Ogden arsenal on April 22, 1920. From 1923 to 1936 the arsenal was largely dormant due to lack of defense funds and was used as a general storage depot. Rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Ogden Ordnance Depot began on January 1, 1936. During World War II the arsenal was expanded to include new ordnance production tasks, as well as completely new duties of storage and resupply of transportation parts and tools. ammunition for various guns, howitzer shells, and bombs ranging up to 2,000 pounds were the principal types of ordnance produced at the arsenal during the war. The Korean War gave the Ogden Arsenal a new resurgence of life in 1950

The Department of Defense combined the Ogden Arsenal with the Ogden Air Materiel Area on 1 April 1955, causing Hill Air Force Base to almost double in size. This action allowed the United States Air Force to begin performing testing, storage, and maintenance on its own ordnance. Over the next ten years Army ordnance operations and manufacturing at the Ogden Arsenal were moved to Tooele Ordnance Depot, Ogden Defence Depot and other Army depots around the country.

I think the 1917 Enfields on sale in 1964 were some of the last of the inventory from the Ogden arsenal I have an Eddystone and a Winchester both guns are about 80% original blued. Useing magazin parts from the winchester I was able to make the other gun 100% Eddystone. Both had the stocks cut and were used for hunting and well cared for.

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