Comments by "Kevin Oliver" (@kevinoliver3083) on "Winchester Model D: The WW1 Origins of the Famous Model 70" video.

  1. By the time Enfield developed the P12/13/14 series the Mauser action was out of patent.
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  2. It looks a shorter and lighter than either the P-14 or M1917. So it probably handles better. Especially with a fixed bayonet.
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  3. The US Gov't had paid Mauser's licence fees for the M1903 by 1914 . The post War payments were to DWM for violating some of their other patents in 1917-8.
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  4. So Springield bases the M1903 on the Spanish Mauser; Enfield bases P14 on the M1903; and Winchester bases the Model D on the Mauser and the P14. Winchester's patent lawyers must have hated Mr Johnson.
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  5. The P-14 was a P-13 modified to chamber .303. And the P-13 was an iterative development of the P-12 and P-11. So RSAF Enfield, in 1911
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  6. "The British like the P14" was an exageration In WW1 the P-14 was an easy to produce, substitute standard weapon. Used in training and by rear echelon troops and, eventually, snipers. It was never a frontline battle rifle.
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