Russian Moison contract was for Tzar, about 1/2 not delivered after reds took over, stopped fighting Germans. Brand new Moison-Nagants made in america sold cheap 1920s. Also some Winchester 1895 patterns in 7.62 x54R not delivered but inspection stamped with Tzarist mark sold here. Some Lee-Enfield number 3* marked US Property made, sold surplus 1950s with the sort of number 4 receiver sights. Post WW! the 1917 'Enfield' were put into reserve since enough 1903 springfields available for issue to reduced army, marines forces. Philipines got the 1917s as standard issue prior to and at start of WW2. Britain got some for Home Army as .30 US caliber- some still show up at English Estate sales, so does the occasional Thompson 1921 pattern. Seems Home Army records for issued rifles, etc got lost, mislaid, destroyed - rifle were issued to over aged reservists, some medical restrictions, people with critical occupations that might need a gun to capture Luftwaffe crews shot down so took rifles home with them. BBC had a show about Home Army with the american rifles issued, some minor problems 1980s when country police asked to get some back- if they had any records, Army said county police were supposed to have gotten some copies of issued rifle, some to the county police to supplement old black powder arms. .30 american was one of the 'non military' cartridges that might be found in a 'military pattern 'rifle in civilian hands and that meant army supply officers didn't have to keep real close track of them since the rifle didn't use standard military ammunition. Remington Rolling Block rifle chambered for 8mm Lebel made, sent for secondary issue. USA in WW1 from 1914 to 1917 was supplier for lot of munitions, weapons for allies. Lusitania might not have sunk so fast if munitions weren't close to where torpedo hit. 5000 British 3 inch field gun shells with fuses packed in separate boxes could be explosion risk. 90 tons of naval store to be delivered to Navy docks after passengers offloaded tucked various places. Supplemental manifest for contraband in Roosevelt museum white plains , New York after being delivered from New York City Harbormasters locked cabinet in 1940/1941 where it had been tucked away 1917 gives details of explosives, military stores NOT disclosed in manifest filed at start of voyage. 'supplemental manifests' were given to harbor master AFTER ships were outside USA territory, tucked away with final passenger list updates - replacement crew men, servants of passengers names, British reservists going to report to regiments and traveling free since the ship was a Royal Navy Reserve ship that had been activated. Official Secrets Act 50 years non disclosure to public up early 2000, manifests no open to public, scholars, researchers. RN
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