The Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 was a British service rifle of the First World War period, principally manufactured under contract by companies in the United States. It was a bolt-action weapon with an integral 5-round magazine. It served as a sniper rifle and as second-line and reserve issue, until declared obsolete in 1947. The Pattern 1914 Enfield was the successor to the Pattern 1913 Enfield experimental rifle and the predecessor of the U.S. Rifle M1917 Enfield.
Pattern 1914 Enfield
Conscripts of the Estonian Sakala Partisan Battalion with P14 rifles in 1939 or 1940.
British sniper training in France 1944
Home Guard volunteers are instructed on the working of a P14 rifle during World War 2.
The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle, which was developed and manufactured during the period 1917–1918. Numerically, it was the main rifle used by the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. The Danish Sirius Dog Sled Patrol on Greenland still use the M1917, which performs reliably in Arctic conditions, as their service weapon.
Left to right: .303 British, 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka, and .30-06 Springfield soft point ammunition
M1917 Enfield breech
M1917 Mauser M98 type bolt
M1917 ladder aperture sight