I'm fond of the Pattern of 1914 series of rifles. The Model of 1917 was the main battle rifle of the US Army in WWI. Col. Hatcher thought it should have been retained. It saw little use in WW2 . The Filipino army got surplus ones as did the British. The Canadians bought 100,000 for use in Canada. The zombies sent to Alaska were likely armed with it. The Filipino army fought the Japanese. The British didn't have much 30-06 ammo for theirs , so it was used for the Home Guard.
Hi downwindtracker2,
An interesting fact that a nice member here shared with me a few months back. I was very surprised!
The Sirius Patrol in Greenland is still using the M1917 when on patrol, because of their dependability. Pretty incredible since the rifle is 107 years old. I personally would have no issues using it in battle, because it is a Killing Machine, in the harshest environments!
They have killed a lot of Polar bears with them, chambered in .30-06.
You can read about it further here:
https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/m1917-rifle-in-21st-century-greenland/Cheers ~
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