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    Posted: November 01 2024 at 3:17pm
M1917 with Canadian ownership stamp, overall very nice condition.


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Very nice!
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Nice example!
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Didn’t know Canada had the M1917.  That must be fairly rare, a Canadian marked US made bayonet for the US Model 1917. But, I’m not a bayonet collector, so may be wrong here. 
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From ,https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Enfield

As with all belligerents, Canada entered the Second World War short of small arms to equip its expanding military. 80,000 M1917s, designated “Rifle, Enfield .30/06,” were purchased in July 1940, along with 5,000,000 rounds of .30-06 ammunition. A further 20,000 were purchased in 1941. They were initially allotted to Canadian Army Basic and Advanced Training Centres, the Royal Military College of Canada and Canadian Army (Reserve) units. They would also be issued to the Veterans Guard of Canada, the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The M1917 would fill a critical role in Canada's war effort, freeing .303-calibre weapons for front-line use or to be supplied to the UK after Dunkirk, when Canada provided 75,000 Ross Mark III rifles beginning on 22 May 1940.[15]A

One of my Uncles trained with a US Enfield during WWII.
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Well, there you go! I suppose since the US entered both WWI and II rather “late”, it makes sense that Canada was scrounging for rifles in 1939 and looked south to their closest neighbour who kindly obliged. 

Wonder what became of those M1917’s, perhaps some are still out there. 
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The hunt goes on.
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Originally posted by britrifles britrifles wrote:

Well, there you go! I suppose since the US entered both WWI and II rather “late”, it makes sense that Canada was scrounging for rifles in 1939 and looked south to their closest neighbor who kindly obliged. 

Wonder what became of those M1917’s, perhaps some are still out there. 


 

Thanx paddy for the `splenation, saved me a bunch of typing, and you hit it on the nail dead on.

Brit, there are quite a few `17s up here still. I`ve got my eye on a Winchester example, for $250, all matching but needs new fore stock , hand guards, bands, cap etc etc. that`ll run nearly a grand to refurbish, so I`m hesitant to get it. But my new bayonet needs some where to live,  mmmm maybe, maybe not....lol
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I have in wig the M1917 rifles and same bayonet with the Canadian stamp in really nice condition.

The M1917 rifles had a red painted band around the front of the handguards with 30’06 in black to designate non-standard ie: not .303
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looks very nice to me - thy should never show sharpening , 
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No sign of sharpening on this one.
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Is that just camera angle or has the blade been shortened from the original 17 1/4" length?
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No, its still original length at just a smidge over factory 17"
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very nice indeed , a little gentle clean - you have a keeper there 
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Originally posted by britrifles britrifles wrote:

Well, there you go! I suppose since the US entered both WWI and II rather “late”, it makes sense that Canada was scrounging for rifles in 1939 and looked south to their closest neighbour who kindly obliged. 

Wonder what became of those M1917’s, perhaps some are still out there. 



They were passed on rather quickly, most (if not all) of the Danish M1917s appear to be ex-Canadian.  
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