![]() The original 30-06 barrels were still rifled with a 5 groove 1 in 10' left handed twist just like the P-14, the only difference was the head-spacing was done on the bolt face and not in the case head. Since the British used a 1 in 10 left hand twist barrel chambered in.303 Brit, there was only a few design modifications needed to convert it over to the Springfield 30-06. An interesting fact little known is that despite the fact that the Armistice took place November 11, 1918, at the eleventh hour, all military production in the United States was stopped November 9, 1918. Ten months after we declared war on Germany, the United States was producing in one week four times as many rifles as Great Britain had turned out in a similar period after then months of war an our production was ten twice as large in volume as Great Britain achieved throughout the war. Total production for that week was 50,873 guns of both types. During the week ending February 2, 1918, production of military rifles in the United States was 9,247, of which 7,805 were modified Enfields and 1422 were Springfields built at Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal. The progress was extremely rapid from that point on. ![]() Winchester delivered the first of the modified Enfields to the United States August 18, while Eddystone first produced September 10, and Ilion October 28. ![]() Winchester produced its last British rifle June 28, and Ilion on the 21st. ![]()
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