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Rifle used in movie Lost Batalion

NOTPARSNOTPARS Member Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 2010 in Ask the Experts
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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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.comcaptkirk3@dslextreme.com Member Posts: 3,804
    edited November -1
    Can You post a photo of the gun in question...????
  • RocklobsterRocklobster Member Posts: 7,060
    edited November -1
    My eyes aren't as good as they used to be, but I saw one that looked more like an Eddystone than a Springfield.
  • gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    According to http://www.imfdb.org/index
    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.
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  • NOTPARSNOTPARS Member Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    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..
  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,703 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NOTPARS
    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.
  • navc130navc130 Member Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    U.S. Model 1917 Enfield. More 1917's were used in WWI than were 1903 Springfields. They are quite common, getting more expensive and are good shooters. Yes, they were cheap in the 1950's and 60's.
    Like the Springfield, many nice sporter rifles were made from them, although a little heavy.
  • NOTPARSNOTPARS Member Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    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?
  • ammo guyammo guy Member Posts: 810 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Interesting as the #4 Enfield was not adopted until 1939. I would have hoped they would use the #1 Mk3 that would have be correct. Yes the US troops were using the M1917 Enfield in the movie which would be correct. I believe the Germans were also using the correct 98 Mauser as well.
  • BergtrefferBergtreffer Member Posts: 629 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, I really like that movie, and I like seeing the M-1917 Enfield. It's a great rifle. Back in the 1950s a hardware store in town had several racks of the M-1917 for sale at $25 each. The rifles looked brand new. Man, if the clock could only be turned back. [:(]
  • SoreShoulderSoreShoulder Member Posts: 3,148 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NOTPARS
    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.
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