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Rifle used in movie Lost Batalion
NOTPARS
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I thought it was a 1903 Springfield but I don't recognize the rifle used in the movie used by the Americans. Does anyone know which one it was? Thanks for the help.
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The following rifles were used in The Lost Battalion: (2001)
M1917 Enfield
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I
Mauser 98/22
You were most likely refering to the 1917 Enfield.
Check out the above website for more movie firearms - very interesting.
For those who posted, thanks a million. I have tried and tried to copy and attach the picture I have from the movie but I can't get this danged thing to work. I am not so good at this. Anyway, judging by the picture from the movie, it is an Eddystone. I never heard of this rifle before. At first I thought it was some kind of Enfield but the big blocky rear sight threw me off. The Eddystone appears to be the right rifle. Now I can research a new one. Let me guess, if I want to collect this rifle, they are hard to find, cost a lot, and I should have started looking for one about 25 years ago. Oh well..
Eddystone was just a subsidiary of Remington Arms located in Eddystone, Pennsylvania.
Like the Springfield, many nice sporter rifles were made from them, although a little heavy.
Thanks for the help. I really like all those old rifles. I wish I had started collecting them years ago. I have an Enfield No. 4 Mark 1 from Century Arms and according to the manual, it is US manufacture. I believe the date is 1943. Does that sound right?
Savage-Stevens arms of Massachussetts made 1.2 million No.4mk1* rifles during lend-lease, so you could say 1943 is "bang on." The mk1* differed from the mk.1 by the method of bolt release. If it's a Savage, it should say "US Property" on the left side of the receiver.