Enfield Model 1917 (P-17) experts needed

That notch is not a danish modification. It's only present on the danish M1917's that came from Norway. Norway did a trade with the british around 1952. The brits got all of Norways .303 Lee Enfields, and in return we got M1917's in 30-06. The army wanted to use the same stripperclips as the K98K (witch doesn't fit the 1917 very well), so an adaptor was installed. This moved the whole clip a bit forwards, thus the notch. Norway shipped some 26000 M1917's to Denmark in the late 50's, that's why some danish rifles have the notches.

Here you can see the adaptor.
http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=41281&page=2
 
B.M.F said:
That notch is not a danish modification. It's only present on the danish M1917's that came from Norway. Norway did a trade with the british around 1952. The brits got all of Norways .303 Lee Enfields, and in return we got M1917's in 30-06. The army wanted to use the same stripperclips as the K98K (witch doesn't fit the 1917 very well), so an adaptor was installed. This moved the whole clip a bit forwards, thus the notch. Norway shipped some 26000 M1917's to Denmark in the late 50's, that's why some danish rifles have the notches.

Here you can see the adaptor.
http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=41281&page=2
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Good that someone broke the code on this. Its been the subject of a lot of speculation and debate over the years.
 
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