Originally Posted by Calhoun
Drill & tapping machines, and a lathe from Chicopee Falls during WW2. They were making Enfields, I believe.

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"After declaring war Great Britain once again found herself in a dire situation, facing a German invasion of her homeland and desperately in need of small arms to defend it. In 1940 they again turned to the industrial might of the United States, this time to manufacture the British designed, bolt action Enfield No. 4 Mark I .303 caliber rifle. The J. Stevens Company was selected to manufacture the weapon. The Stevens Company was a division of the Savage Arms Company, and the rifles are often referred to as the “Savage Enfield” but were actually manufactured at the J. Stevens Arms Company River Plant in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Savage was also manufacturing the 1928 Model of the Thompson Submachine Gun for the Auto-Ordnance Corporation during that period. The J. Stevens Division assisted Savage in the manufacture of a number of Thompson parts."

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